Kelly Wearstler Quotes

Besides almonds or granola, I don't eat a lot during the day - juicing is what gives me energy.

The single most important key to success is to be a good listener.

Everything I commission - whether it is for me or for a client's home or for a hotel or office - is absolutely unique to that job. I have everything made, or I find vintage and antique pieces at markets and auctions.

Hollywood style means classic glamour. My reference is the 1940s through the 1960s.

The best thing I ever bought is a vintage Oscar de la Renta short gingham dress that I wore to my rehearsal dinner the night before my wedding.

Having an eye is one thing, but you have to be able to execute.

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.

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

Love color. Take risks. Stay curious.

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

Hollywood Regency is a label some people put on me, but I consider myself a modernist in that I always try to make the work feel fresh.

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.

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

I would never shop from the Internet or a catalogue; otherwise, how am I going to educate my eye? I just love going out and searching for new things.

Every year, my boys and I create new cool gift wrap paper. We hand paint the design and come up with interesting ways to wrap each gift.

There is a voice, and there is a DNA to how I design.

I am just a curious gal who is continuing to be curious.

I need art around me always.

I'm not the bake-sale-mom type - though once in a while, I'll make challah French toast for my sons.

I definitely start early and keep items in mind throughout the year for key people in my life. I love wrapping everyone's gifts in hand-painted wallpaper sheets, which gives the gift extra love.

I do not like being in front of the camera.

The sky is the limit as long as you keep the rooms practical, and I have become better at that since I had children. Function, form and organisation are all important.

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

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