“It is a coffee-table book, so I am aware that there will be a lot of people who buy it to look at the pictures, but hopefully at some point they’ll read [my] words”—Kassia St Clair scarlettwoman.substack.com/p/it-took-a-...

"My previous books have all come from me... This one came out of the blue."—Kassia St. Clair scarlettwoman.substack.com/p/it-took-a-...

"The subject matter is perfect for me. I was born & grew up in London so Liberty is very much a part of my world. I dressed in Liberty print dresses when I was little. It felt personal and a job that I really wanted to do."—Kassia St Clair scarlettwoman.substack.com/p/it-took-a-...

Liberty is really good at preserving their history and archives. They have a massive textile archive that’s around 60,000 items strong, and growing exponentially each year."—Kassia St Clair scarlettwoman.substack.com/p/it-took-a-...

"Liberty has thought about their own prints quite hard & tried to pin down what it is that makes a print unique. They’ve sorted that into around a dozen major themes, which every print can fit into. Those design pillars became the chapters for the book" scarlettwoman.substack.com/p/it-took-a-...

"All books have their challenges, but this does feel lighter [than my previous books]. It looks great, the prints do a lot of the talking themselves. So in terms of my own psychology and work flow, it came at a really good time."—Kassia St. Clair scarlettwoman.substack.com/p/it-took-a-...

"It’s really hard to pick just one [favourite Liberty print], but I often say the extended Betsy print... There’s so much scope just within that one print."—Kassia St. Clair scarlettwoman.substack.com/p/it-took-a-...

"I'm working on an expanded edition of The Secret Lives of Colour. There are things that really fascinate people about colour that I wanted to put into the introduction"—Kassia St. Clair scarlettwoman.substack.com/p/it-took-a-...