Quotes by Nicholas Haslam

About Nicholas Haslam:

Nicholas Ponsonby 'Nicky' Haslam is an English interior designer and socialite and founder of the London-based interior design firm NH Design Inc.
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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!'

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New York in the '60s was amazing.

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Vanity is not having facelifts if you're ugly. Those people who say: 'Oh, I'd never dream of having anything done!' That's rude. It's rude, to other people, to not try and look your best; to not try and stir things up, to not reinvent... or just inve...

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I could care less if it's Mick Jagger or the man on the street. I just like interesting people, and I happen to know a lot of stars.

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I believe every room speaks, tells you what to do to it. You have to listen to that.

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I wanted to be grown up the minute I could.

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It's rude to not try and look up-to-date. Is rude the right word? Yes! It's rude - rude to other people.

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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.

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I think what I have is straightforwardness, unabashedness rather than charm.

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I don't feel I have to charm somebody, I feel I want to know them; it's a different thing.

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I'm afraid of people, in a way.

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I'm hopeless at telling lies. I can attempt strategic ones in order not to hurt people's feelings, but then I'll blow it 10 minutes later.

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I'm the male Kate Moss.

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It's terribly easy to be well dressed. It's much more difficult to be badly dressed.

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I've always wanted to look different. I always think I've got this terrible figure. I'd like to be 3 inches taller.

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The English truly understand the dynamic between buildings and land.

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Most English houses, grand or small, nestle in an intimate pastoral setting.

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Interior decoration partly thrives on being social.

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I have a natural curiosity for people.

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I don't really do a big Saturday supper. I prefer entertaining in the daytime.

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Author Bio

  • NameNicholas Haslam
  • DescriptionEnglish interior designer and socialite
  • BornSeptember 27, 1939
  • ProfessionJournalist