37 Quotes by Kelly Wearstler

The same time I'm designing my collection, I'm also designing my store. It has to have brand awareness, an identity. I'm also designing the racks and the hangers, and juggling a lot of things.

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 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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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