Nicholas Haslam Quotes
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I don't do nostalgia. The phrase 'the good old days' never passes my lips.
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I don't feel I have to charm somebody, I feel I want to know them; it's a different thing.
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Interior decoration partly thrives on being social.
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It's terribly easy to be well dressed. It's much more difficult to be badly dressed.
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People think that buying something for their home which is up-to-date is chic, but often it's a cliche. I call people who simply give clients the current 'thing' stylists not decorators.
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It's the fashion, I tell you: big, tall women going out with tiny, tiny men.
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I have a thirst - it's an awful word, but I'm thirsty for knowledge. I like knowing things, the odder the better, the more obtuse the better.
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I think what I have is straightforwardness, unabashedness rather than charm.
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I tend to look out for things with a resonance to my youth - artists or objects that seemed romantic all those years ago. I never buy anything purely for its value. I like possessions that smile back at me.
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Vanity is not having facelifts if you're ugly. Those people who say: 'Oh, I'd never dream of having anything done!' That's rude. It's rude, to other people, to not try and look your best; to not try and stir things up, to not reinvent... or just invent... it's one's duty to not get stuffy.