Artisan Quotes by David Linley

I have always loved wood. Every piece is different. It gets better with age and it has a certain character all of its own.

— David Linley

A lot of the design courses in schools and colleges don't incorporate very much making, and a lot of the making courses incorporate too…

— David Linley

I don't use my title.

— David Linley

We are not training crafts people as we used to do. We're not giving people the chance to learn. Education has become very academic.…

— David Linley

I love Burgundy but my favourite is a Bordeaux - Chateau Leoville-Barton.

— David Linley

Someone did once bow to me, and my mother immediately told them off. Although whether she was prompted by the breach of protocol or…

— David Linley

I would love to get into the dictionary as synonymous with great quality and service.

— David Linley

I like to say we can make anything in wood.

— David Linley

A lot of my pieces have involved teamwork, but hopefully they've inspired people to make things - that inspiration would be a great legacy.

— David Linley

Some of my best moments have been in friends' libraries. They give you a sense of quiet, well-being and order that a media room…

— David Linley

I over-caffeinate in the morning, herbal tea after lunch and at 7 P.M., it's nice to have a glass of white wine.

— David Linley

I'm quite well known for wearing polo necks. I get them from John Smedley.

— David Linley

My parents had this extraordinary circle of friends. My father would be photographing somebody every day, someone from the world of the arts, a…

— David Linley

There is something reassuring about British-made products and their inventiveness and ingenuity, their creative spirit and eccentricity and their British wit and charm.

— David Linley

I love wood. I love its permanence, its way of changing hue over the years, its way of expanding and contracting, of moving or…

— David Linley