The assumption must be that those who can see value only in tradition, or versions of it, deny man's ability to adapt to changing circumstances. — Stephen Bayley Copy Share Image
Fashion is primitive in its insistence on exhibitionism, which withers in isolation. The catwalk fashion show with its incandescent hype is its apotheosis. A ritualized gathering of connoiseurs and the spoilt at a spotlit parade of snazzy pulchritude, it is… — 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
I have no particular interest in antiquities or antiques, but I like things to meet a certain aesthetic. — Stephen Bayley Copy Share Image
Taste is more to do with manners than appearances. Taste is both myth and reality; it is not a style. — Stephen Bayley Copy Share Image
If you were born in Britain after World War II, you see a continuous atmosphere of decline, moral and economic and political. — Stephen Bayley Copy Share Image
