I am jewelry and objects together. This is the Elsa Peretti name to me. It is a very good balance for me to try and create with the person in mind or with the space in mind - to imagine a bowl of fruit or something for water. It is a little bit yin and yang.

Elsa Peretti

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All my work comes out of my life. by Elsa Peretti

All my work comes out of my life.

I hate that impeccable, perfectly perfect look, all matched and p... by Elsa Peretti

I hate that impeccable, perfectly perfect look, all matched and prearranged. Style is to be simple.

hate simple perfect

Portofino in the '60s was magic. Women in bright silk, each with a gardenia in their hand. The bottle started then, in my mind.

magic mind hands

Anyone who was a rebel at one time in life cannot return to being... by Elsa Peretti

Anyone who was a rebel at one time in life cannot return to being conventional.

one-time rebel return

What can I say about my jewelry? It speaks for itself. To me, sty... by Elsa Peretti

What can I say about my jewelry? It speaks for itself. To me, style is to be simple.

simplicity style simple

I love nature, but I try to change it a little bit, not copy it. by Elsa Peretti

I love nature, but I try to change it a little bit, not copy it.

nature-love littles trying

I was a baby when I began, but I knew exactly what I wanted to wear myself. I became a jewelry designer because I knew how to do something with a pencil and sketch my ideas.

myself jewelry baby ideas

I can hold a cup of sake on a full moon in Japan, and the reflection of the moon in that little cup can make me feel so enthusiastic about beauty. That one good, magical moment can give me enough to create other things like the teardrop earring or necklace.

good me moment beauty

You think about the beauty and what you want to transmit. If I think about designing, I can't design.

think you design beauty

I am a bull. I am Taurus. My will is awful. If I like something, there is nothing else. I was a pain in the neck. I still am a pain in the neck.

i-am nothing will pain

I like to push myself to achieve a certain quality, eliminate the excess detail. I always want a high degree of purity.

push myself achieve quality

I can't copy nature. by Elsa Peretti

I can't copy nature.

copy nature

I always write in pencil, so I can erase. by Elsa Peretti

I always write in pencil, so I can erase.

pencil always erase i-can

I like Yorkshire Tea - very strong and English. by Elsa Peretti

I like Yorkshire Tea - very strong and English.

english like strong tea

Most of the time, I'm in the country, and the jewelry I wear I ca... by Elsa Peretti

Most of the time, I'm in the country, and the jewelry I wear I can wear in the country.

jewelry i-can time country

The production must be faithful to the line. If the production fa... by Elsa Peretti

The production must be faithful to the line. If the production fails, my work fails.

line must faithful work

I hated modeling. I was so scared. But as soon as I started doing... by Elsa Peretti

I hated modeling. I was so scared. But as soon as I started doing jewelry, I did better as a model.

doing better modeling jewelry

In the '80s, everything became too serious. by Elsa Peretti

In the '80s, everything became too serious.

became too everything serious

Bird cages are nothing of incredible value, but I like them. by Elsa Peretti

Bird cages are nothing of incredible value, but I like them.

value nothing like bird

I don't have the feeling that I need to add a lot to my collection, because I have an incredibly wide range of things. This is a part of the secret of my things, that they are still valid. When I feel a need, I do something more.

need feel feeling things