I love Burgundy but my favourite is a Bordeaux - Chateau Leoville-Barton. — David Linley Burgundy Copy Share Image
I make dreams become reality. I think of things that never were and say, 'Why?' — David Linley Dream Copy Share Image
Good design is probably something that has been thoroughly thought through to a point of resolution. — David Linley Design Copy Share Image
Pepys was such a meticulous person that he had little wooden blocks to make all the books on his shelves the same… — David Linley Books Copy Share Image
Most craft is, you know, terrible, absolutely terrible, so I don't like the word, or the word 'artisan' either. — David Linley Copy Share Image
I'm incredibly boring and logical, so if I have a problem I will try and fix that problem. — David Linley Copy Share Image
There was a submarine that I desperately wanted to buy in the toy shop. My father said, 'No, you go and build… — David Linley Copy Share Image
I used to sit and draw in the evening with a couple of crates of beer. That makes the ideas flow. — David Linley Artist Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I think there can be no replacement for teaching people how to make things by showing them how to stick two pieces… — David Linley Education Copy Share Image
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 Education Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Chance Copy Share Image
There was a time when craft used to mean anything but the considered, stylish or academic. It was a term of derision.… — David Linley Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
If you cut me open, you would find bits of me looking at things with an aesthetic eye, also with a historical… — David Linley Aesthetic Copy Share Image
Usually, when people think of marquetry, they think of Dutch 17th-century furniture with inlaid flowers and jugs. Our goal is to break… — David Linley Flowers Copy Share Image
I have bought and sold and bought and sold things that have given me great pleasure over the years, and I find… — David Linley Copy Share Image
I loved the idea of evolving traditional methods and design to make products that last but are also relevant for the modern… — David Linley Age Copy Share Image
Some of my best moments have been in friends' libraries. They give you a sense of quiet, well-being and order that a… — David Linley Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Personally, I find the world of memorabilia fascinating: how people get so focused on one genre, music, or person. — David Linley Copy Share Image
I reckon if you stick to the same thing every day for lunch when you are traveling, you know where you are.… — David Linley Day Copy Share Image
I have always loved wood. Every piece is different. It gets better with age and it has a certain character all of… — David Linley Age Copy Share Image
My father and I share a passion for how things work, which in my case took the form of schoolboy fascination with… — David Linley Copy Share Image
Since childhood, Claridge's has always been a very special place for me. I associate it with celebrations, happy times. — David Linley Copy Share Image
I've seen that, over the centuries, India has still got its passion and its soul. Wherever you go, people have such inner… — David Linley Beauty Copy Share Image
I am not really a football man but I have always supported Chelsea because we lived there. We have been through the… — David Linley Copy Share Image
A lot of my pieces have involved teamwork, but hopefully they've inspired people to make things - that inspiration would be a… — David Linley Copy Share Image
Californians are not so precious about their antiques, not so nervous about what others will think if they mix classic with modern,… — David Linley Antiques Copy Share Image
In close-nailed furniture, if the nails used are identical they have been manufactured industrially, which implies a date after 1850. — David Linley Furniture Copy Share Image
The year 2006, when I came to Christie's, was a very euphoric time to be part of the art world. — David Linley Art Copy Share Image
I was very lucky, my parents were very encouraging, and both my grandmothers. They had exquisite taste. — David Linley Copy Share Image
I must have made 20 different bicycles in my life; bicycle parts are like works of art in miniature. — David Linley Art Copy Share Image
We should promote and celebrate and enthuse the artisans and craftsmen of Great Britain. — David Linley Copy Share Image
