Rawness and refinement are not opposite ends of a luxurious spectrum they are two complementary features with which to populate a luxe environment.

I look at every piece of furniture and every object as an individual sculpture.

Everything is about color. If you look at magazines and advertising and television, the thing you remember is the color.

I love history. Everything is inspired by history, so that's why I love vintage and antiques.

I'm a designer, which includes interiors, architecture, fashion, furniture, and lifestyle.

The mixture of weird textures and organic surfaces creates an interesting dialogue.

Love color. Take risks. Stay curious.

My motto in life is 'Take risks;' you don't have a voice if you don't. You have to venture outside your boundaries. That's what life's all about.

Whether you're going to a museum or a flea market or flipping through a book, always be on the lookout for something special.

I love to travel and to be inspired by new things, so everything is always new. I've never done the same bathroom or the same kitchen a second time. It's challenging, and I like to be challenged.

By acquiring all of your furniture from different eras and places and things that are expensive and inexpensive, it will make your end product have a great spirit.

To know the Lord is the gift of peaceful joyful life.

Life was beautiful, but it was also painful. People fail, a few get up, but there’s never a guarantee that their second attempt will work out.

A woman is like your shadow follow her she flies fly from her she follows.

The chile, it seems to me, is one of the few foods that has its own goddess.

... for I know I shall be interrupted-- I shall want to be, really, because life is too exciting to sit still for long.

Shock waves to a tired brain, sends that hungry lady to my door again. She's my shelter from the storm when I feel the rain, entertaining white powder.

Service... Giving what you don't have to give. Giving when you don't need to give. Giving because you want to give.

My focus is not merely a beautiful city, but a city that's made beautiful on the parameters of good health and cleanliness

Unwanted favours gain no gratitude.

... a thirst for power is the natural disease of monarchy.