182 Quotes by Donatella Versace

I'm a designer, and I work very hard at that. People sometimes want to put down fashion by saying it's frivolous or superficial, but it's not that way at all. It's actually very hard work.

When I work, I wear pants usually because I want to be comfortable. I wear dark colors, especially in winter, because I don't want to concentrate on myself but on what I'm working on. Because I really, really love clothes, I can start to think too much about myself. It's distracting.

New York is full of creative people, not only in fashion.

For me the safety pin is about rebellion, and I'm punk in the soul.

I have to say, I grew up with fashion because my mother was a seamstress, and she had an atelier. She would cut the first pattern, and then she had people working for her. So I grew up in an atelier, watching people all around me sewing. I was fascinated.

I'm like a little kid when it comes to music. I mean, the music is always blasting wherever I am that people always knock on my door and say, 'It's too loud!' But I think music gives so much inspiration.

The body should be reconfigured by the clothes, never again the other way round.

Gianni created the whole thing. I came later and helped him.

I do think that exercise is important, not only to keep you in shape but also for your state of mind. However, I am not fanatical about it.