Quotes from Kelly Wearstler

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

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

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

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

My mother handed down all these amazing scarves from the sixties and seventies, and I have a hundred of them.

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.

My husband and I go to Il Fico every Friday, and I get the whole-wheat pizza. I won't eat pizza anywhere else!

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

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

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.

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

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

I've never seen most of the fashion reality shows. The only one I've seen is 'Project Runway,' which is great, but I don't watch television.

Love color. Take risks. Stay curious.

I love seeing people's reactions to gifts that I've created from my line, such as my gold horn ring, bottle openers, my 'Fallen' leather jacket and my Slither black and white sweater.

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.

Informed clients are better clients, and they make for better design.

Willem de Kooning as an artist is insane, Sonia Rykiel is amazing for her colour sensibility, and Ettore Sottsass was an architect and product designer who sometimes created clothes to go with his other designs.

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

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.

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

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

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

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