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" People are always surprised when they spend time with my children by how normal they are. They're polite. They're well mannered. They're very down to earth, in a way. "

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" Some say the economy means that you have to persuade people to invest in clothes - to buy less things but more expensive things. I disagree - invest in jewelry, or a house, maybe, but not in fashion. "

Donatella Versace

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" In my life I had no other choice than to become a strong person. "

" The three biggest fashion mistakes are cheap suits, shoes, and shirts. Spend your money on something good. "

" At that time of the supermodels, celebrities didn't want to be in fashion; they thought they were more intellectual and interesting than anyone in fashion. "

" 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. "

" I love anyone who breaks the rules, and musicians always break the rules - in an aggressive way. "

" I don't like balance. Balance is not a word you can use in Versace fashion. "

" I think my own look makes people think I'm tough, but when they get to know me I'm very different. "

Donatella Versace

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" You couldn't define the '80s when the '80s were happening. We kept changing. We had shoulder pads, then we didn't. It was revealing, and then it was decoration. It was a lot of things at once. It was defined when it was over. "

" It's no good being too easily swayed by people's opinions. You have to believe in yourself. "

" Sometimes big designers are afraid that people won't recognize them if they change that much. "

" It's very important for a brand to have an identity through the years, but it's very important as well to evolve because times change so fast. "

" I have long been a fan and enthusiast where art is concerned. "

" In fashion, only sexy won't go out of fashion. "

Donatella Versace

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" In fashion, women have more sensitivity, more sense of the body, so they know how things fit and feel. Yet there are not many women who study fashion. It's ridiculous. "

" How do I keep young? Haven't you heard? I sleep every night in the deep freezer! "

" We all retire one day. If we want to, if we don't want to. "

" 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. "

" Plus-sized women shouldn't think of themselves as a size. They should think of themselves as women with rich goals in life. Size doesn't mean, really, anything. You can carry your size with pride and dress in a way that you like. "

" You can have small moments of happiness in life. You certainly can't expect years and years of it. "

" During the eighties and nineties, people wanted to be chic, elegant, bourgeois. "

" Lady Gaga is the present and the future. She is the most revolutionary and inspirational artist. She is fearless and daring. "

" Fashion needs fresh blood, and London is the most creative place for that. "

" 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. "

" I know who the Versace woman is, because I wear the clothes myself. "

" I wake up at about the same time every day. I sleep well and wake without an alarm clock. "

" As with most things in my life, I believe you should try to enjoy yourself and never feel like you are a slave to a routine. "

" I have an image of what a British gentleman looks like, and that image finds real expression in Prince Charles. He is beyond fashion - he is an archetype of style. "

" In Italian there is an expression: We don't sleep on the fame. "

" My muse changes all the time because I think every designer is a bit of a muse for themselves in a way - they just don't want to say it. "