Gauri Khan

“When you're young, luxury often means being able to buy something you really want - a high end bag or a specific car.”

“Styles are so fluid, forever changing, that as a designer, you have to keep learning and keep growing your tastes, along with catering to the needs of your client.”

“It may sound crazy to people, but I don't follow any spiritual leader or worship at any house of God. I just feel you should be good to people around you, your family and friends.”

“Designing comes easy and quickly to me. I don't need to spend hours to complete an X amount of work for me. I feel designing is in me.”

“A design that I create is like my own extension. It's 'thinking made visible.'”

“I was never obsessed with fashion. I go for whatever looks good.”

“Every home, office, club, yacht, landscape, or piece of furniture I may design will be different from the other. What will be consistent, however, is my own personal sense of style through it all.”

“Too much clutter is a disturbance to the energy of a space for me. It's big no-no for me.”

“I don't come from a space where I gush and praise - the world is doing enough of that.”

“For me, it's beautiful when career and passion come together.”

“I would have been an artist, because I studied art and history in school and college.”

“I was an arts student. I did graphic design. Being an artist, I did a lot of paintings. I have always had that creative side to me.”

“I have been constantly working on the interiors of my homes in Delhi, Goa, Dubai, Mumbai, and the Red Chillies Building. I had been designing homes, too. Having a background in art, graphic design, and charcoal helped me in my work immensely.”

“The thought of buying a gift and wrapping is too much of an effort for me.”

“I have to be comfortable with what I wear. I don't care if I don't look that great. Comfort is most important to me.”

“Interior design wasn't something I rushed into.”

“My designs are free-flowing in their approach, and I want to create an ambience of warmth and tranquility.”

“Our home in Dubai is a beach house, so it's more casual and not formal in its tone. It's a holiday home. We are mostly in the pool or on the beach or in the sun. It's an outdoor place for the family. So there are mudbikes, a boat, football posts, and the pool is heated.”

“Of course, design is a very personal thing: what I like, you may not like.”

“When headlines are only about Shah Rukh, I get upset. There is no value then to what I do. His achievements are his, and I have no part in them. I do what I do.”