James A. Garfield Quotes

Life is all about seating and lighting.

There are certain parts of the home that I think embellishment feels cozy and inviting. Then there are other environments, for example, the living room, where I don't have a ton of items on the table.

I used to love a well-arranged room: the furniture, the fabric, the lighting.

We need to pay attention to the whole space - every room, chair and table - so it feels uplifting and inspiring.

I've stayed in enough hotels so I really know what works and what doesn't design-wise.

Make your physical surroundings as beautiful as possible.

If bad decorating was a hanging offense, there'd be bodies hanging from every tree!

I don't have any furniture of mine in my room.

I need something truly beautiful to look at in hotel rooms.

A lot of people don't get it, but I design from the inside out so that the finished product looks inevitable somehow. I think it's important to create spaces that people like to be in, that are humanistic.

When you buy things that are expensive, like a sofa or something that really feels like an investment, you need to keep it as plain as possible, as simple as possible. Make sure that it's a clean design that will work with whatever style you want it to.

The Coke bottle is a masterpiece of scientific, functional planning. In simpler terms, I would describe the bottle as well thought out, logical, sparing of material and pleasant to look at.

The tubular steel chair is surely rational from technical and constructive points of view. It is light, suitable for mass production, and so on. But steel and chromium surfaces are not satisfactory from the human point of view.

I'm just not very interested in decoration.

Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.

Fashion and decor should amuse you and your friends.

The room has to be comfortable; the house has to look habitable.

In the matter of furnishing, I find a certain absence of ugliness far worse than ugliness.

We are fixed with every convenience, long desks, easy revolving chairs, footstools, plenty of servants and no specific work to be done.

I've always been very into interior design, and I can't stand to have anything in my apartment that I don't aesthetically love.

A house full of new furniture doesn't mean a whole lot.

Apart from differentiating our spaces with design, we also look for buildings that have distinctive character. We make sure every seat is a good one.

I've experienced firsthand the disconnect between furniture, their environments, and the way people work.

I'm obsessed with my couch. I have the greenest couch on the planet.

Design should revolve around what the main purpose of the space is. If you plan to live there, it should reflect your personality.