I hated modeling. I was so scared. But as soon as I started doing jewelry, I did better as a model. Elsa Peretti More Quotes by Elsa Peretti More Quotes From Elsa Peretti All my work comes out of my life. Elsa Peretti I hate that impeccable, perfectly perfect look, all matched and prearranged. Style is to be simple. Elsa Peretti 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. Elsa Peretti magic mind hands Anyone who was a rebel at one time in life cannot return to being conventional. Elsa Peretti one-time rebel return What can I say about my jewelry? It speaks for itself. To me, style is to be simple. Elsa Peretti simplicity style simple I love nature, but I try to change it a little bit, not copy it. Elsa Peretti 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. Elsa Peretti 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. Elsa Peretti good me moment beauty You think about the beauty and what you want to transmit. If I think about designing, I can't design. Elsa Peretti 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. Elsa Peretti i-am nothing will pain 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 i-am good me water I like to push myself to achieve a certain quality, eliminate the excess detail. I always want a high degree of purity. Elsa Peretti push myself achieve quality I can't copy nature. Elsa Peretti copy nature I always write in pencil, so I can erase. Elsa Peretti pencil always erase i-can I like Yorkshire Tea - very strong and English. Elsa Peretti english like strong tea Most of the time, I'm in the country, and the jewelry I wear I can wear in the country. Elsa Peretti jewelry i-can time country The production must be faithful to the line. If the production fails, my work fails. Elsa Peretti line must faithful work In the '80s, everything became too serious. Elsa Peretti became too everything serious Bird cages are nothing of incredible value, but I like them. Elsa Peretti 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. Elsa Peretti need feel feeling things
