designvegha

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“What is quality? Quality design must have a sense of authenticity. My work is not cutting edge, it is not supposed to be, but sometimes, the middle of the road is the most dangerous place to walk.”

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"I like an interior that defies labeling. I don't really want someone to walk into a room and know that I did it."

[designvegha]

“Good buildings come from good people and all problems are solved by good design.”

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“Design is coming to grips with one’s real lifestyle, one’s real place in the world. Rooms should not be put together for show but to nourish one’s well being.”

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“For those who are afraid of mixing different wood tones, I would say not only can you, but you must. If all woods are the same, it looks like bad hotel decorating.”

[designvegha]

“For a house to be successful, the objects in it must communicate with one another, respond and balance one another.”

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“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Design is knowing which ones to keep.”

[designvegha]

“If you want a golden rule that will fit everything, this is it: Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.”

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“Luxury is when it seems flawless, when you reach the right balance between all elements. Understated theatricality – that is what my luxury is all about.”

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“Architecture is a visual art and the buildings speak for themselves.”

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“Design, to me, is part psychology, part sociology and part magic. A good decorator should know what’s going on in someone’s marriage and how their kids are doing in school.”

[designvegha]

“A room should never allow the eye to settle in one place. It should smile at you and create fantasy.”

[designvegha]

"Innovation is often the ability to reach into the past and bring back what is good, what is beautiful, what is useful, what is lasting."

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“Our opportunity, as designers, is to learn how to handle the complexity, rather than shy away from it, and to realize that the big art of design is to make complicated things simple.”

[designvegha]

“Always design a thing by considering it in its next larger context - a chair in a room, a room in a house, a house in an environment, an environment in a city plan."

[designvegha]

“Innovation is often the ability to reach into the past and bring back what is good, what is beautiful, what is useful, what is lasting."

[designvegha]

"Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness.”