53 Quotes by Genevieve Gorder

It’s about the power of design and the power of the human spirit. It’s above paying anybody to do something stupid for money like reality television does – like ambushing people.

We worked out a lot of bugs and figured out who was working and who wasn’t and how this beast functions. It was a lot bigger than we actually thought, and now we have a well-run ship where it feels I can actually have time to imagine and not just stress out about everything.

I’m so used to talk-show hosts just giving you a sound bite and not really being interested.

There’s a big difference between decorators and designers and the training is very different.

I think taking design out of the studio and really having a relationship with the people that you’re making it for really convinced me of how powerful a thing design is. It’s not just an aesthetic decoration.

I’m a designer, I love it, and I haven’t worked this hard to do bad work.

That’s my job. To imagine harder than you can.

It’s not about doing over the living room of someone who has bad taste in color. This is about restoring historic buildings and instilling pride in a community, which can be done through designing new public spaces and social gathering spots.