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All Quotes by author - Nicholas Haslam

" I believe every room speaks, tells you what to do to it. You have to listen to that. "

" I could care less if it's Mick Jagger or the man on the street. I just like interesting people, and I happen to know a lot of stars. "

" I didn't want to look distinguished; I wanted to look fun, and also to fade into the street, into the King's Road. If I don't fade into a room at White's, that's fine. My father was chairman of Brooks' and the Beefsteak, and I was brought up in that life, and it bores me rigid. "

" I'd like not to have these great puffy lobes on my ears - I'd like them to taper in. "

" I don't do nostalgia. The phrase 'the good old days' never passes my lips. "

" I don't feel I have to charm somebody, I feel I want to know them; it's a different thing. "

" I don't really do a big Saturday supper. I prefer entertaining in the daytime. "

" I go to Topman at lunchtime and stare at these beautiful, beautiful people who work there and who are so well-dressed. And I think: 'Oh! I want to look like that! They're amazing, how well-dressed they are!' "

" I had a face-lift, and I would have another if I needed one. It definitely changed my life. I'm not vain. In fact I don't like looking at myself. The face-lift was just about looking rested. "

" I have always aspired towards other people's looks. When I was young, I loved teddy boys; I thought they looked wonderful. Then I was a cowboy in Arizona, really for the clothes! I had a ranch for five years; I had chaps made of bearskin. "

" I have a natural curiosity for people. "

" 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. "

" I'm about love. "

" I'm afraid of people, in a way. "

" I'm hopeless at telling lies. I can attempt strategic ones in order not to hurt people's feelings, but then I'll blow it 10 minutes later. "

" I'm the male Kate Moss. "

" Interior decoration partly thrives on being social. "

" I rent a Jacobean-fronted hunting lodge in Hampshire from the National Trust and like to go there as much as possible. I've grown to love it so much, especially when writing my memoirs there at weekends. "

" 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. "

" I think what I have is straightforwardness, unabashedness rather than charm. "

" It's rude to not try and look up-to-date. Is rude the right word? Yes! It's rude - rude to other people. "

" It's terribly easy to be well dressed. It's much more difficult to be badly dressed. "

" It's the fashion, I tell you: big, tall women going out with tiny, tiny men. "

" I've always chased glamour. "

" I've always wanted to look different. I always think I've got this terrible figure. I'd like to be 3 inches taller. "

" I've never paid attention to politics. I only have the vaguest notion of what the IRA is. "

" I wanted to be grown up the minute I could. "

" Most English houses, grand or small, nestle in an intimate pastoral setting. "

" New York in the '60s was amazing. "

" Often it's a lack of time, not taste, that leads someone to hire a decorator. A good decorator/client relationship should be like a marriage. The time one puts in needs to be extensive. One needs to listen to them and understand what they like and how they live. "

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