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" A big diamond necklace is nouveau riche, really. People who have wealth a long time don't wear such things. "
Elsa Peretti
Long Time
Long
Wealth
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" People surround themselves in their houses with things they don't really need, that they have to dust all the time. "
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" 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. "
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" I like Yorkshire Tea - very strong and English. "
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" Good design for the home should be universal. A house should be like old shoes, comfortable, like a good friend... The Japanese aesthetic is important to me. Very organic. They have a sense of the weight of the thing: very balanced. "
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" Most of the time, I'm in the country, and the jewelry I wear I can wear in the country. "
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" 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. "
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" You think about the beauty and what you want to transmit. If I think about designing, I can't design. "
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" The production must be faithful to the line. If the production fails, my work fails. "
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" I can't copy nature. "
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" 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
Feeling
More
Feel
" Bird cages are nothing of incredible value, but I like them. "
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Nothing
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" I hated modeling. I was so scared. But as soon as I started doing jewelry, I did better as a model. "
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Jewelry
Better
Scared
" 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. "
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Reflection
Moon
Moment
" 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. "
Elsa Peretti
Hope
Future
Past
" For me, to put together my museum and all my remembrances was a big effort mentally, physically and monetarily. "
Elsa Peretti
Me
Big
Effort
" I hate that impeccable, perfectly perfect look, all matched and prearranged. "
Elsa Peretti
Perfect
Impeccable
Look
" I like to push myself to achieve a certain quality, eliminate the excess detail. I always want a high degree of purity. "
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Myself
Quality
Push
" What I want is not to become a status symbol, but to give beauty at a price. "
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Beauty
Become
Price
" I always write in pencil, so I can erase. "
Elsa Peretti
Always
I Can
Erase
" In the '80s, everything became too serious. "
Elsa Peretti
Everything
Too
Became
" I would like to get married, but it must be a man who is part of my work, or me part of his. "
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Be A Man
Work
Me
" 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
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I Am
" I keep my hair gray, so I like silver and platinum. For women who dye their hair, they can wear whatever they want. "
Elsa Peretti
Gray
Like
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