34 Quotes by Stephen Bayley

Interior design is a travesty of the architectural process and a frightening condemnation of the credulity, helplessness and gullibility of the most formidable consumers – the rich.

Watteau is no less an artist for having painted a fascia board while Sainsbury’s is no less effective a business for producing advertisements which entertain and educate instead of condescending and exploiting.

My wife and I both love cooking – I am an advanced male – so we argue about who gets to rustle up dinner.

The assumption must be that those who can see value only in tradition, or versions of it, deny man’s ability to adapt to changing circumstances.

I wouldn’t mind someone lobbing hand grenades at me, but having to reset the timer on the video recorder puts me into a blood-spitting frenzy.

You must never aspire to ‘finish’ a house, you can merely hope to start it, and from then on it’s an evolutionary process.

I just don't understand how you can not be concerned about your appearance. From time to time I'm vilified as the person who cares about the look of a teapot - and it's not that I believe my taste is superior, I just can not believe that other people don't care.