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" I can't copy nature. "
Elsa Peretti
Copy
Nature
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" The production must be faithful to the line. If the production fails, my work fails. "
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" I like Yorkshire Tea - very strong and English. "
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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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" In the '80s, everything became too serious. "
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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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" For me, to put together my museum and all my remembrances was a big effort mentally, physically and monetarily. "
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" What I want is not to become a status symbol, but to give beauty at a price. "
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" 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. "
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" I keep my hair gray, so I like silver and platinum. For women who dye their hair, they can wear whatever they want. "
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" I like to do things that are classic. "
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Like
" 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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" 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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Me
" 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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People
Need
Time
" Most of the time, I'm in the country, and the jewelry I wear I can wear in the country. "
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Country
I Can
Time
" 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
" Bird cages are nothing of incredible value, but I like them. "
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Nothing
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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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" You think about the beauty and what you want to transmit. If I think about designing, I can't design. "
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" A big diamond necklace is nouveau riche, really. People who have wealth a long time don't wear such things. "
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Long Time
Long
Wealth
" I hate that impeccable, perfectly perfect look, all matched and prearranged. "
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Perfect
Impeccable
Look
" I design for the working girl. "
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" 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. "
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Future
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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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