Douglas Wilson

“It's a character I've created. Actually, that's pretty much the opposite of me, off a farm in the Midwest.”

“A challenge always is good. Normal design does not come under the constraints of a small budget and time frame. But it has helped me to make quick and knowledgeable decisions.”

“There are lighter colors of granite and I like to break the rules.”

“Being in the design industry, I've tended to meet more people who are affected by HIV and AIDS.”

“Inexpensive is good.”

“People who insist upon dressing casually also want to think casually. And in a fallen world, thinking casually means being wrong more often than not.”

“The TSA must think we're mushrooms. You know, the way they are trying to keep us in the dark, and the way they keep feeding us a fertilizing agent that comes from the south end of a north-bound cow.”

“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'm opinionated. I always stick to my design plan. I don't waver.”

“I know people don't think I work.”

“Little did we know it would be watched by millions of people and break viewing records.”

“I've made an incredible amount of money stealing fans from homeowners.”

“I enjoy talking to fans.”

“Use plants to bring life.”

“If boys don't learn, men won't know.”

“This particular strand of feminism is characterized by two tenets: 1. men are jerks, and 2. women should strive by all means to become like them.”

“Throughout the country, I see the same design problems and solutions over and over.”

“I am the young, edgy New Yorker.”

“The blessing has been so significatn that we have continued our satiric tact [sic] with an additional objective in mind -- keeping the suits and haircuts away. Whenever a promising movement of the Holy Spirit begins nowadays, one of the first things that happens is that the agents, businessmen, and other assorted handlers move in so that they might straighten out certain unmarketable "blemishes" in order to take the show on the road. And when a promising ministry hits the big time, the unfortunate people in it are made twice as much sons of hell as their promoters. It is therefore our resolve to stay as unmarketable as we can. If we ever get invited to the Great Black Tie Banquet of Evangelicalism, we want everyone there to be braced for the moment when we, on a prearranged signal, throw our dinner rolls at Pat Robertson”

“Designing is a lot like a high-wire act - if the tightrope walker is only six inches off the ground, where's the excitement?”