People surround themselves in their houses with things they don't really need, that they have to dust all the time. 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 hatesimpleperfect 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 magicmindhands Anyone who was a rebel at one time in life cannot return to being conventional. Elsa Peretti one-timerebelreturn What can I say about my jewelry? It speaks for itself. To me, style is to be simple. Elsa Peretti simplicitystylesimple I love nature, but I try to change it a little bit, not copy it. Elsa Peretti nature-lovelittlestrying 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 myselfjewelrybabyideas 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 goodmemomentbeauty You think about the beauty and what you want to transmit. If I think about designing, I can't design. Elsa Peretti thinkyoudesignbeauty 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-amnothingwillpain 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-amgoodmewater I like to push myself to achieve a certain quality, eliminate the excess detail. I always want a high degree of purity. Elsa Peretti pushmyselfachievequality I can't copy nature. Elsa Peretti copynature I always write in pencil, so I can erase. Elsa Peretti pencilalwayserasei-can I like Yorkshire Tea - very strong and English. Elsa Peretti englishlikestrongtea Most of the time, I'm in the country, and the jewelry I wear I can wear in the country. Elsa Peretti jewelryi-cantimecountry The production must be faithful to the line. If the production fails, my work fails. Elsa Peretti linemustfaithfulwork I hated modeling. I was so scared. But as soon as I started doing jewelry, I did better as a model. Elsa Peretti doingbettermodelingjewelry In the '80s, everything became too serious. Elsa Peretti becametooeverythingserious Bird cages are nothing of incredible value, but I like them. Elsa Peretti valuenothinglikebird
