Quotes By Gianni Versace

I think it's the responsibility of a designer to try to break rules and barriers.

My dream was always to be a composer, but fashion came very easily.

I want to be the joy to people through my work.

For me, the summer will be pure gray - mother-of-pearl gray, very pale gray. To me, this is the big statement for summer. Then we have light blue, light turquoise, lots of pink.

I have a fantastic relationship with money. I use it to buy my freedom.

I never fall down. I always fight.

That is the key of this collection, being yourself. Don't be into trends. Don't make fashion own you, but you decide what you are, what you want to express by the way you dress and the way to live.

I liked women as a shape to dress.

Designing came to me. I didn't have to move.

I am a typical Italian; I love the clan. But I don't think about getting married.

I am not interested in the past, except as the road to the future.

I really want to make clothes that are feminine and help women look beautiful.

I try to contrast; life today is full of contrast... We have to change.

Even Michelangelo got paid for doing the Sistine Chapel. To those artists who say they're doing it for the love of art, I say: Get real.

I'm a little like Marco Polo, going around and mixing cultures.

It is nice to have valid competition; it pushes you to do better.

In the past, people were born royal. Nowadays, royalty comes from what you do.

I want to be a designer for my time.

Comfort is very important to me. I think people live better in big houses and in big clothes.

I like the body. I like to design everything to do with the body.

I don't license everywhere. I take care of my name.

I want always to be positive.

Women are more sure of themselves today. They don't have to emulate the way men dress.