Michael Graves Quotes

I have been constantly working on the interiors of my homes in Delhi, Goa, Dubai, Mumbai, and the Red Chillies Building. I had been designing homes, too. Having a background in art, graphic design, and charcoal helped me in my work immensely.

There's a big difference between decorators and designers and the training is very different.

I wanted to be a decorator. I wanted to interior design homes and do everything myself.

Don't feel you have to buy something to sit in or at. Buy something you are emotionally attached to and build your design around that. One Matisse cutout poster could provide you with your whole color scheme!

We don't have one of those houses where there's a rope that separates the kids' area from the adult area. There's a happy medium. It's all about fabric choices, accessories.

My favorite thing about decorating is mixing different periods and styles. If you have something that's old, and you really do want to mix those styles, then you have to add something that's obviously modern with it. You can't put a kind of a mediocre thing in the middle.

I just don't think there are any rules to color. You have a small space with no windows? Put lamps in there, make it dramatic, paint the ceiling black. Do something with it. If it's dark, accentuate the darkness.

I like interior decoration, so I might do something in that. I might, at some point, take two years off to study interior decoration.

I always begin a room with the rug; it is literally the foundation of the space. I then go on to the furniture.

I spearhead interior design for all Trump projects.

I tend to lean toward a more minimal aesthetic, so when I use wallpapers in my interiors, I like for one or two prints to be the star of the show. I would recommend being careful in your use of strong prints so the room doesn't get too busy. Use one print that dominates and one as an accent.

I love a good monochromatic moment with doors/walls. I think it looks great!

I've been fascinated with interior design for as long as I can remember.

My secret desire is to be an interior designer. I'd love to make houses for rich clients who can afford to do things right.

My love for interior designing has always been there.

Interior design is a travesty of the architectural process and a frightening condemnation of the credulity, helplessness and gullibility of the most formidable consumers - the rich.

What you put on your wall should be inspiration.

I never studied interior design, but I'm a creative person. And what we surround ourselves with is very important - what makes you feel happy, what makes your senses feel good.

Usually, if you notice good cinematography, then the cinematographer's failing. I try to make light feel like it's always motivated and natural in some way and hope that the lighting goes unnoticed.

A product can live on one great idea. An interior needs 1,000 great ideas to really live, which makes interior design a whole orchestration of this art of juxtaposition, placement, and combination.

Because I live and breathe design every day, sometimes I will come across an idea that is something I want to try. It often comes from an old hotel or an old restaurant, and I will adapt it to be residential.

Everything I've designed is intended not to match perfectly but to sit together in harmony, to add flair and personality to any room.

Anytime I see an unusual combination of colors or patterns or texture, I buy it.

Paint is the skin of a painting: it is fiction. In houses, it disguises the plumbing and wiring and studs and nails.

Drew definitely has great design taste. He knows what looks good in a space, and he knows how to put together a design.