Marcel Wanders Quotes

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

Furniture is meant to be used and enjoyed.

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

People want to create a space that feels like them - one that's deeply rooted in their personality. That's important. Your space is an opportunity to tell your story and showcase your experiences. That's why I think every material - down to your faucet - needs to serve a function and feel personal.

A house is very much like a portrait. I cannot disconnect houses from people. The thought of arrangement, the curves and straight lines. It gives an indication of the character at the heart of it.

No one is a plain white room. I hate going into a home that is done to the nines but has nothing do with the homeowner - no knickknacks, no art that has anything to say about the person who lives there.

If I had to choose between clothes and furniture, I'd choose furniture.

An architect must remember that the people working or living in his building need space - to dream, to be quiet, to find beauty somewhere.

I always design the hat with the wearer in mind; otherwise, it's an inanimate object.

I don't look at what people do with their homes in terms of money, but the social and personal value of what they're trying to do and achieve.

The worst thing any decorator can do is give a client the feeling that he's walking around somebody else's house; the rooms must belong to the owner, not to the decorator; and no rooms can have atmosphere unless they are used and lived in.

I want my home to look good, feel good, and smell good. I want it to be inclusive, to reflect the people who live there.

Chairs are like sculpture.

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

I think a house should reflect the interests and personality of the occupant, but it takes time to gather together the objects one likes around oneself.

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

People automatically associate the caliber of the space based on the appliances.

A home should be an intimate autobiography of the things that you like. One of the things I'm so keen on expressing is that, if you don't do it for yourself, if you're always seeking affirmation from outside, you'll never have a home. It'll just be a house.

Everywhere your eye travels in your home, it should land on something that resonates with you.

The design of a dress, furniture, a house, a room, a street and a city are all the same process.

I like to personalise my dressing room, have a cover for the bed and, if it is a long run, a few cushions and a teapot - a little pot for one.

I always like my trailer or hotel room to have fresh flowers or pillows I find at a local flea market - anything to personalize the environment.

Houses are built to live in, and not to look on: therefore let use be preferred before uniformity.

Being a decorator allowed me to see what about people's environments made them happy. And what things they could do to have more light and color and joy in their daily lives.

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