Sure, I’m hyperactive. I make my staff a bit hyper, too, but motivating someone else is what gives me a buzz. Anouska Hempel Read Quote
I think if you have an eye and the ability and the confidence as a designer, you can turn your hand to anything. Anouska Hempel Read Quote
I’m never short of inspiration. There are always new ideas – and new adventures. Anouska Hempel Read Quote
The architect who first inspired me to follow this profession was Sir John Soane and his Regency home; well, his three homes, now a museum. The place is like an encyclopedia of paintings, antiquities, furniture, sculptures, and drawings. Anouska Hempel Read Quote
The building I most admire is the Doges Palace in Venice, both by day and by night. Looking at it from the lagoon, it resembles a floating kilim carpet. I love all the bridges which connect houses, people, gardens and palaces. I also love moats to isolate yourself. A ha-ha for secrecy, as in every English country garden. Anouska Hempel Read Quote
A house must be bedded in the landscape. They both have to work together. In and out, every view from a window has to be sensational. Every view into the house must be the same to ensure continuity. Anouska Hempel Read Quote
My father wanted a boy. I was supposed to be called Albert. That was probably the beginning of why things got so complicated, because I wasn’t a boy. Anouska Hempel Read Quote
I don’t let many people in. I don’t discuss everything. If I don’t want to discuss it, I’m not discussing it. I think that annoys the hell out of an awful lot of people. Anouska Hempel Read Quote
Acting was fun for a while. I loved every minute of the really good things I did but probably wasn’t as good as I should have been. Anouska Hempel Read Quote
