David Linley

America is wonderful.

— David Linley

I must have made 20 different bicycles in my life; bicycle parts are like works of art in miniature.

— David Linley

The workshop to me always means great atmosphere, working, smell of wood, dust and, at the end of the day, you've created…

— David Linley

Indian artists are working with a history that's overwhelming and rich.

— David Linley

Subodh Gupta works because his artistic vocabulary is firmly rooted in the vernacular of everyday India.

— David Linley

Personally, I find the world of memorabilia fascinating: how people get so focused on one genre, music, or person.

— David Linley

I reckon if you stick to the same thing every day for lunch when you are traveling, you know where you are.…

— David Linley

Since childhood, Claridge's has always been a very special place for me. I associate it with celebrations, happy times.

— David Linley

I would prefer to be called David Linley. No one refers to me as Lord Linley in London. It's an American thing.

— David Linley

We had an immensely happy childhood.

— David Linley

Most craft is, you know, terrible, absolutely terrible, so I don't like the word, or the word 'artisan' either.

— David Linley

In the early 1980s, Linley was a cooperative. There were four of us who designed and made cabinets and desk accessories.

— David Linley

For the novice furniture collector, buying antiques can seem a rather daunting prospect. Nobody wants to feel that they may not make…

— David Linley

I was very lucky, my parents were very encouraging, and both my grandmothers. They had exquisite taste.

— David Linley

We are a modern family who need to live in a certain way.

— David Linley

As a child, I was always interested in woodworking and making things.

— David Linley

My daughter makes great jewellery and my son wants to pursue engineering. They've both been indoctrinated by the school of Linley. People…

— David Linley

People are fed up with mass production.

— David Linley

I used to sit and draw in the evening with a couple of crates of beer. That makes the ideas flow.

— David Linley

My daughter does sewing, needlepoint and very good drawings. My son plays the piano.

— David Linley

If you cut me open, you would find bits of me looking at things with an aesthetic eye, also with a historical…

— David Linley

There are so many super yachts being built nowadays. I don't know where the people go with them. Because the people who…

— David Linley

I'll never forget the moment in 1985 when I was riding my motorbike down the King's Road and I first saw the…

— David Linley

Bedales was perfect for my sister and me. Very open. Very few rules. No uniforms. Co-educational. And very little of 'You have…

— David Linley

I make dreams become reality. I think of things that never were and say, 'Why?'

— David Linley