Berkus Design Quotes

#1. There is no ideal body. It's just taking what you have and working it.

Olivia Culpo

#2. Eternity is a frightfully long time to spend alone.

P.S. Clinen

#3. When you buy things that are expensive, like a sofa or something that really feels like an investment, you need to keep it as plain as possible, as simple as possible. Make sure that it's a clean design that will work with whatever style you want it to.

Nate Berkus

#4. I have long carried this load of griefs in the cage of my heart. Now I have given them to you. I hope you are strong enough to hold them.

Qais Akbar Omar

#5. Books are the heart of any home, and I spend hours going through books for design inspiration.

Nate Berkus

#6. Don't be afraid to let yourself get bored because some of the most amazing things are created through boredom.

Rachel Hamilton

#7. We are our brothers keeper. Its going to be up to all of us.

Paula Deen

#8. If you have to choose between two theories, prefer the one that doesn't center on you.

Paul Graham

#9. The Things That Matter convincingly lays out Nate Berkus's philosophy that things do matter. Our homes tell our stories, they reflect the places we've been and the people we've loved along the way - and there can be no more beautiful design for living than that.

Nate Berkus

#10. Design, to me, is part psychology, part sociology, and part magic. A good decorator should know what's going on in someone's marriage and how their kids are doing in school.

Nate Berkus

#11. I didn't grow up thinking I'd be a decorator. Design is my greatest passion, and it naturally just pulled me down the path. Same with TV. Being famous or having a show was never the motivation. I got a call and was swept up by the challenge of that first small space redesign.

Nate Berkus

#12. In design-speak, 'a library' means a room lined with books, floor-to ceiling, but it all depends on the space you have. You may have a free-standing bookshelf of your favorite books if that's all you have room for.

Nate Berkus

#13. First and foremost, I'm a decorator and product designer. Everything I do, the television shows, the books, that comes from the design work. It's what I love.

Nate Berkus

#14. You cannot be a conscious Christian without St. Paul. He translated the teachings of Christ into a doctrinal structure that, even with the additions of a vast number of thinkers, theologians and pastors, has resisted and still exists after two thousand years.

Pope Francis