Quotes By Billy Baldwin

The word that almost makes me throw up is satin; damask makes me throw up.

Cotton is my life.

Rich Palm Beach clients all wanted the same kind of different thing.

The worst thing any decorator can do is give a client the feeling that he's walking around somebody else's house; the rooms must belong to the owner, not to the decorator; and no rooms can have atmosphere unless they are used and lived in.

One of my favorite colors is no color at all.

Evergreen had opened up a whole new world to me. There I met many internationally celebrated people: there I was surrounded by the best art and music, as well as conversation. I knew I could never return to the life I had led before.

I don't think anyone has a right to possess anything he doesn't love - art or anything else.

We can recognize and give credit where credit is due, to the debt of taste we owe Europe, but we have taste, too.

The relationship between a client must be 'we.'