Jeremiah Brent Quotes

A house is very much like a portrait. I cannot disconnect houses from people. The thought of arrangement, the curves and straight lines. It gives an indication of the character at the heart of it.

Art has definitely influenced how I think of design, both as individual items and as a body of work.

Your home should be an extension of you and who you are as a person. If you can come home, and actually feel at home... that's fantastic design.

I really believe that a good decorator is a good listener. So the inspiration always is the people that are living in that home.

People want to create a space that feels like them - one that's deeply rooted in their personality. That's important. Your space is an opportunity to tell your story and showcase your experiences. That's why I think every material - down to your faucet - needs to serve a function and feel personal.

When it comes to designing your first apartment, I think people get overwhelmed and end up collecting pieces that don't always mesh well together because they don't have a clear vision. Take your time and use tools that can help inspire and guide you through the process.

I just check my Instagram. I get a lot of inspiration from there, I follow a lot of different designers and not really people in particular, just kind of designers and shops, certain stores that I love and just kind of draw inspiration from there and bookmark them.

When I look at designer books I am sometimes puzzled why they don't share their inspiration, when it's obvious somebody had such great inspiration.

I've always wanted to design a home collection line because growing up, I was obsessed with reorganizing my room.

I gave the couple a hint of a design that would work great with the bones of their home. They weren't ready for it, and they embarrassed themselves and that's too bad.

I've always been a bit of a decorator. I think if I wasn't a singer I'd probably be in stage setting or interior design or something. I like clutter and I'm quite visually greedy. I can't have things to be plain; I have to have things looking interesting... maybe I'm just a frustrated interior designer stuck in a singing career.

The space within becomes the reality of the building.

I weirdly love interior design and real estate and all of that. I really do. I get chills from it.

It is interesting to see what other designers do, and not work in a vacuum.

I never set out to do interior design; I just do what I do, and some people come along and want me to work with them.

My biggest word of advice that I could give to people that are dealing with a home renovation or decoration is to not think about design as it's been presented to you before. I think everybody needs to start designing based on the moments they imagine having in their home and that is what has guided me as a decorator.

Every home, office, club, yacht, landscape, or piece of furniture I may design will be different from the other. What will be consistent, however, is my own personal sense of style through it all.

My cultural identity is obviously a huge part of my design aesthetic.

Everything I've designed is intended not to match perfectly but to sit together in harmony, to add flair and personality to any room.

For me, one of my personal inspirations was designers in the mid-20th century named Charles and Ray Eames.

To me, design is very personal. I'm not one of those people who is like, 'This is right, this is wrong.' You should do things that you love, not things that magazines tell you to do.

You have to take the time to live in a place to collect all the pieces, develop a vision. You can't just go to Home Depot and buy everything.

I think design is the expression of its time and culture.

There's a very important aspect to all my work, now more than ever, which is tying the interior design and architecture with the art.

Design impacts me in everything I do. Because, as I say, everything I own is designed. So the building I live in, the objects I choose to boil water in for example, even drinking vessels.