David Linley Quotes

David Linley

Profession : Royalty

Birth : November 3, 1961

A lot of the design courses in schools and colleges don't incorporate very much making, and a lot of the making courses incorporate too much technology and computers.

David Linley

Nothing tests a marriage more than insomnia or snoring.

David Linley

There is something reassuring about British-made products and their inventiveness and ingenuity, their creative spirit and eccentricity and their British wit and charm.

David Linley

My grandmother started my interest in secret doors, trying to find things she lost, and we found an old letter in a great bookcase with a round facade.

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I went to church with my grandmother every Sunday.

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

David Linley

I made an urban-looking bicycle that could stand up to potholes. Of course, it was stolen instantly - proof of the genius of its design.

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

David Linley

People are fed up with mass production.

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 not be woken up when there's a 7 o'clock flight to catch.

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Controlling the design of an everyday object is very satisfying.

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

David Linley

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

David Linley

It's extraordinary how a physical disability makes people think that somebody is frail.

David Linley

My father's rooms, as a child, were a very exciting place to be. Not only because of the beautiful models who were coming to be photographed for Vogue or The Sunday Times but also because of the very avant-garde furniture that he had made. He made designs for the investiture of the Prince of Wales in 1969 at Caernarfon Castle.

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Bedales was perfect for my sister and me. Very open. Very few rules. No uniforms. Co-educational. And very little of 'You have to do this like this.' You very much controlled your education.

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I'm a maker, not a designer.

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I reckon if you stick to the same thing every day for lunch when you are traveling, you know where you are. And it is one less decision to make.

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America is wonderful.

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I like to say we can make anything in wood.

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