“It is important to inject love into the place where you live. It is not healthy to rent an interior designer to create a home for you because it is not good to live in another person's fantasy. People should select for themselves and stamp their own identity on a place. They should mix and match everything to make their own cocktail.”

—  Philippe Starck

Attributed to Starck in: Vinny Lee (2002) The Essential Guide to Decorating

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French architect and industrial designer 1949

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