32 Quotes by Elsa Peretti

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

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.

A lot of designers still have nostalgia for the past. As for the furniture in the future, I hope they use less of real wood. Conservation in wood is necessary.

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

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

For me, to put together my museum and all my remembrances was a big effort mentally, physically and monetarily.

I always write in pencil, so I can erase.

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 hate that impeccable, perfectly perfect look, all matched and prearranged.