David Linley

Food and wine are my extravagances.

— David Linley

I'm a maker, not a designer.

— David Linley

I'm not technically royal.

— David Linley

People are fed up with mass production.

— David Linley

On a fine day, I'm a keen cyclist.

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I don't use my title.

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America is wonderful.

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We had an immensely happy childhood.

— David Linley

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

— David Linley

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

— David Linley

I really do build furniture to be used, you see, to be lived with.

— David Linley

Never bring an umbrella to the country - wear a tweed cap.

— David Linley

Our chief aim is to make beautiful things that will last forever.

— David Linley

Beautiful engineering always held a fascination for me.

— David Linley

I'm a very methodical cook - it appeals to the logical side of my brain.

— David Linley

I like to say we can make anything in wood.

— David Linley

I'm incredibly boring and logical, so if I have a problem I will try and fix that problem.

— David Linley

There was a submarine that I desperately wanted to buy in the toy shop. My father said, 'No, you go and build…

— 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

Good design is probably something that has been thoroughly thought through to a point of resolution.

— David Linley

Pepys was such a meticulous person that he had little wooden blocks to make all the books on his shelves the same…

— David Linley

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

— David Linley

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

— David Linley

Life, work, money - everything is such a battle. It's just nice to sit down at home, look at one thing, and…

— David Linley

When I left Parnham aged 18, I could easily have ended up twiddling my thumbs in a workshop all week. But I…

— David Linley

Ideally you should try to buy upholstered items that have retained their original fillings of horsehair, wool or down, because they provide…

— David Linley

When I would visit my Granny as a little boy, we would play this game of closing our eyes and describing everything…

— David Linley

I remember my father making many things. Once we made a shed, and a man in the village came along to help.…

— David Linley

There was a time when craft used to mean anything but the considered, stylish or academic. It was a term of derision.…

— David Linley

In an ideal world, you would have his-and-hers bathrooms and his-and-hers dressing rooms, complete with a single bed where the Mrs. need…

— 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…

— David Linley

The school I attended, Bedales, was fortunate to have been built by a leading light from the Arts and Crafts Movement in…

— David Linley

There's a real hunger to understand where objects come from, how artists show their understanding of materials. And there's something fascinating about…

— David Linley

The best ideas come from sitting down with a piece of paper and a pencil.

— David Linley

Wood is very warm and sensual and meant to be touched.

— David Linley

Nothing tests a marriage more than insomnia or snoring.

— David Linley

I went to church with my grandmother every Sunday.

— David Linley

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

— David Linley

London is a series of villages, really. I like that.

— David Linley

Horse Guards is my favourite building in London.

— David Linley