While there is a great value in things that are old, it seems that the overwhelming challenge in Britain in the late 20th century is to make every effort to see value in the contemporary and in the future. — Stephen Bayley Copy Share Image
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… — Stephen Bayley Copy Share Image
My wife and I both love cooking - I am an advanced male - so we argue about who gets to rustle up dinner. — Stephen Bayley Copy Share Image
Everyone has taste, yet it is more of a taboo subject than sex or money. The reason for this is simple: claims about your… — Stephen Bayley Copy Share Image
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… — Stephen Bayley Copy Share Image
I have a character failing. I am quite incapable of identifying with anything whole-heartedly. Whatever I am doing, I am always planning to do… — Stephen Bayley Copy Share Image
You must never aspire to 'finish' a house, you can merely hope to start it, and from then on it's an evolutionary process. — Stephen Bayley Copy Share Image
We have a relationship of cheerful antagonism. I enjoy twisting his tail and he enjoys wagging his finger at me. — Stephen Bayley Copy Share Image
It is the fragrant lack of practicality that makes high-heeled shoes so fascinating: in terms of static mechanics they induce a sort of insecurity… — Stephen Bayley Copy Share Image
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… — Stephen Bayley Copy Share Image
It is Margaret Thatcher's fault...Inspired by busy little demons, she slashed and burnt her way through the old order. Sentiment was given short shrift,… — Stephen Bayley Copy Share Image
Fashion is the most intense expression of the phenomenon of neomania, which has grown ever since the birth of capitalism. Neomania assumes that purchasing… — Stephen Bayley Copy Share Image
