I’m incredibly boring and logical, so if I have a problem I will try and fix that problem. David Linley Read Quote
It’s far nicer to congregate around a card table than a television. It takes me back to my childhood, when we’d play family card games like Racing Demon. David Linley Read Quote
I am not really a football man but I have always supported Chelsea because we lived there. We have been through the lows. David Linley Read Quote
My parents had this extraordinary circle of friends. My father would be photographing somebody every day, someone from the world of the arts, a politician, a musician, a sportsman. David Linley Read Quote
I was very lucky, my parents were very encouraging, and both my grandmothers. They had exquisite taste. David Linley Read Quote
Some of my best moments have been in friends’ libraries. They give you a sense of quiet, well-being and order that a media room does not. David Linley Read Quote
I would prefer to be called David Linley. No one refers to me as Lord Linley in London. It’s an American thing. David Linley Read Quote
When I left Parnham aged 18, I could easily have ended up twiddling my thumbs in a workshop all week. But I lucked out and found an agent who immediately got me work and before long there was enough demand for my furniture to start a shop. David Linley Read Quote
I’ll never forget the moment in 1985 when I was riding my motorbike down the King’s Road and I first saw the words David Linley on the sign on my first shop. I nearly came off my bike. It was so incredibly public; I suddenly realised there was to be no stepping away from my work because my name was all over it. David Linley Read Quote
