Tod's and Loro Piana are perfect for reading Sunday papers in front of the fire. — David Linley Fire Copy Share Image
I make dreams become reality. I think of things that never were and say, 'Why?' — David Linley Dream Copy Share Image
I love Burgundy but my favourite is a Bordeaux - Chateau Leoville-Barton. — David Linley Burgundy Copy Share Image
It's extraordinary how a physical disability makes people think that somebody is frail. — David Linley Disability Copy Share Image
My dining room table is just a huge, great thick slab of oak on a beautiful frame. Whenever people come to supper… — David Linley Beautiful Copy Share Image
It's far nicer to congregate around a card table than a television. It takes me back to my childhood, when we'd play… — David Linley Childhood Copy Share Image
My design teachers were teaching us how to mass-manufacture; how to create something, but it's not lasting - it's always about the… — David Linley Copy Share Image
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 Day Copy Share Image
Beeswax is always preferable to chemical polishes because it does not destroy the natural surface of wood. — 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
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
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
My parents are very supportive of my work. It's my father who encourages me to keep going and my mother she's very… — David Linley City Copy Share Image
My teaching was primarily focused on making, it wasn't about the pounds, shillings and pence. I remember being in college and being… — David Linley Business Copy Share Image
Children love making things, but they don't get the same opportunities now as practical subjects seem to be sidelined. I would love… — David Linley Children Copy Share Image
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 Children Copy Share Image
There is something reassuring about British-made products and their inventiveness and ingenuity, their creative spirit and eccentricity and their British wit and… — David Linley British Copy Share Image
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 Being Copy Share Image
I love wood. I love its permanence, its way of changing hue over the years, its way of expanding and contracting, of… — David Linley Beautiful 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
I love partridge and duck casseroles, and have been known to hunt my own game. It's important to eat off the land… — David Linley Copy Share Image
