Candice Olson Quotes

The downside of dabbling in different industries is that you don't have your roots anywhere and you don't know where your real demand is.

'Design Star' was incredible, and I didn't think it could get any better, and then 'Color Splash' happened.

Houses are one of my passions. I probably should have been an interior decorator.

I'd rather be a big fish in a specialized pond than a little, little fish in a more generalized big pond.

I weirdly love interior design and real estate and all of that. I really do. I get chills from it.

It's key to become 'famous' for one thing first, and that will give you the credibility to go into other areas once your ready... which generally means a long time and a lot of perfecting!

I never set out to do interior design; I just do what I do, and some people come along and want me to work with them.

Figure out your niche and maximize it.

I never considered interior design as a career option. I had designed a couple of our homes, and people liked my work. Friends came forward and asked me to help them do up their homes, and that's how it started.

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.

I go through stages with all kinds of stuff. There'll be a couple of months where I'm reading, you know, like, fiction mystery novels, and there'll be a couple more where I'll be redecorating a room in my house.

I find home renovations almost traumatic. But people can create something great.

We call it 'demo therapy.' We're therapists on top of designers and contractors and real estate agents and we really sometimes have to push people past their comfort zone and show them what they like, they just didn't know that they like.

When I was 16 I had a table at home in Melbourne and I hardly ever practised.

I get up in the morning, look around, arrange and rearrange things, and imagine how I might like them to look. Why doesn't everybody?

Once the world sees you as that one thing, and the better you are at that thing, the more you can only be that thing.

I visited Minnie Pearl's home down in Nashville, and I liked it so much I asked the same man to help fix up my place.

We've found that the more niche you are, the better off you are.

I've been honestly sitting in the living room every day doing little DIY projects. Painting and making stuff and all that stuff. That's been kind of cool. I got to find out I apparently have a passion for that.

We really find that most houses we look at - that are really rough around the edges - most of those are actually diamonds in the rough. They could be beautiful, and it just takes a little creativity and having the right people on board.

I do not want to be a journeyman.

I never had a backup plan. I've only been good at one thing. I admire people who are jacks-of-all-trades. That's not me.

My former assistant used to tell me I have a problem with cushions and she was totally right. The reason is because I'm constantly rearranging things in my house. And if I can't move a whole piece of furniture, the easiest thing to rearrange is cushions. I like to keep things fresh.

Shah Rukh himself, if he wasn't an actor, would probably have liked to become an architect or interior designer. He's totally into buying property, building, and decorating.

All the guys at this top level, they're pretty much dangerous all over the place. If you're not good all over the place, you'll be in a little bit of trouble. It's hard to swim at the top end if you're only good at one thing.