A big diamond necklace is nouveau riche, really. People who have wealth a long time don't wear such things.

More Quotes by Elsa Peretti

I can't copy nature.

In the '80s, everything became too serious.

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.

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

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

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.