I have a thirst - it's an awful word, but I'm thirsty for knowledge. I like knowing things, the odder the better, the more obtuse the better. Nicholas Haslam More Quotes by Nicholas Haslam More Quotes From Nicholas Haslam I go to Topman at lunchtime and stare at these beautiful, beautiful people who work there and who are so well-dressed. And I think: 'Oh! I want to look like that! They're amazing, how well-dressed they are!' Nicholas Haslam look work beautiful people I have always aspired towards other people's looks. When I was young, I loved teddy boys; I thought they looked wonderful. Then I was a cowboy in Arizona, really for the clothes! I had a ranch for five years; I had chaps made of bearskin. Nicholas Haslam loved thought clothes people I didn't want to look distinguished; I wanted to look fun, and also to fade into the street, into the King's Road. If I don't fade into a room at White's, that's fine. My father was chairman of Brooks' and the Beefsteak, and I was brought up in that life, and it bores me rigid. Nicholas Haslam king me life father I'd like not to have these great puffy lobes on my ears - I'd like them to taper in. Nicholas Haslam them great like ears I've always wanted to look different. I always think I've got this terrible figure. I'd like to be 3 inches taller. Nicholas Haslam like look think always Sometimes I think it would be nice to share everything I've got with somebody - and sometimes I think I'm very lucky to have the bathroom to myself. But I feel it would be nice to pass on my knowledge. Perhaps because I haven't got children - one wants to educate somebody. Nicholas Haslam feel myself children knowledge I think what I have is straightforwardness, unabashedness rather than charm. Nicholas Haslam i-think than think charm I'm afraid of people, in a way. Nicholas Haslam afraid people way You can learn the subtle language of interior style, but many people simply buy it. If you put yourself in the hands of someone who knows what they are doing, you can be confident it will look good. Nicholas Haslam yourself good you style Often it's a lack of time, not taste, that leads someone to hire a decorator. A good decorator/client relationship should be like a marriage. The time one puts in needs to be extensive. One needs to listen to them and understand what they like and how they live. Nicholas Haslam good marriage time relationship People think that buying something for their home which is up-to-date is chic, but often it's a cliche. I call people who simply give clients the current 'thing' stylists not decorators. Nicholas Haslam think clients home people
