Do you need a fresh outlook on interior design? Here’s a list of quotes that are sure to inspire you and help you gain a deeper appreciation for interior design.
- “Design is intelligence made visible.” – Alina Wheeler
- “The essence of interior design will always be about people and how they live. It is about the realities of what makes for an attractive, civilized, meaningful environment, not about fashion or what’s in or what’s out. This is not an easy job.” – Albert Hadley
- “Real comfort, visual and physical, is vital to every room.” – Mark Hampton
- “Clever design converts and changes according to need.” – Amanda Talbot
- “The function of design is letting design function.” – Micha Commeren
- “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.” – Sister Parish
- “Interior design is a business of trust.” – Nicholas Haslam
- “Our interiors are an insight into our brains. It is a collaboration of design, art, humor, irony, functionality, and the street.” – Amanda Talbot
- “There are two things that make a room timeless: a sense of history and a piece of the future.” – Charlotte Moss
- “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 wellbeing.” – Albert Hadley
- “Recognizing the need is the primary condition for design.” – Charles Eames
- “Design can be art. Design can be aesthetics. Design is so simple, that’s why it’s so complicated.” – Paul Rand
- “Design creates culture. Culture shapes values. Values determine the future.” – Robert L. Peters
- “The dumbest mistake is viewing design as something you do at the end of the process to ‘tidy up’ the mess, as opposed to understanding it’s a ‘day one’ issue and part of everything.” – Tom Peterson
- “Design is defined by light and shade, and appropriate lighting is enormously important.” – Albert Hadley
- “Accessible design is good design.” – Steve Ballmer
- “Design adds value faster than it adds cost.” – Joel Spolsky
- “Rawness and refinement are not opposite ends of a luxurious spectrum. They are two complementary features with which to populate a luxe environment.” – Kelly Wearstler
- “There is nothing more exciting than incorporating bold, vibrant colors with a striking mix of genres and periods to create lively; magical spaces that inhabit memories and enrich lives.” – Jamie Drake
- “The main purpose of my work is to provoke people into using their imagination. Most people spend their lives in dreary, grey-beige conformity, mortally afraid of using colors. By experimenting with lighting, colors, textiles and furniture and utilizing the latest technologies, I try to show new ways to encourage people to use their phantasy and make their surroundings more exciting.” – Verner Panton
