Donatella Versace Quotes

Fashion is not frivolous. I am a businesswoman, a very serious person.

I was always crazy even before the drugs.

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

I don't think about making sexy clothes. It's just my instinct to make them.

I understand that the rule of fashion is to change, even as a successful designer - you do not want to be stuck in the same rut.

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

I go from a full working day to making sure I am home for dinner with my kids. I couldn't do that in a 10cm mini skirt but I am not going to resort to sweatpants and an old t-shirt.

I find older men more attractive than boys. I need a man who can teach me a thing or two.

Die and born again, die and born again. It's the story of my life.

For me, music gives a voice to fashion.

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.

When I meet celebrities, I have to know what they are like and only then can I design. The clothes have to fit their personality.

Elegance is always in style for men. There are all different kinds of elegance. It can be silk, it can be a T-shirt.

Elegance is always in style for men.

Richard Avedon is a true genius of photography and one of the greatest artists of our time.

Alexander McQueen... The fashion world has not only lost an icon but we have also lost a very special friend.

I've learned how to appreciate what I have. And it's a lot. I'm very lucky.

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

New York is full of creative people, not only in fashion.

I think there was a time when I was too strict and controlling. I think I asphyxiated my children.

I was a fashion addict by the time I was 11 years old. I'd wear a miniskirt and patent-leather boots.

I think people need to see Prince live to really understand how remarkable he is.

I studied at a university in Florence and finished my degree. My mother was very strict about this recipe: You need to get your degree.

When my mother did fittings for her clients, I was hiding, looking at these beautiful ladies try on these fantastic clothes. I was dreaming as a small child to try these clothes on myself.

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

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

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

For me the safety pin is about rebellion, and I'm punk in the soul.

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.

The early '90s were an especially marvelous period for fashion, because it was the peak of glamour and there were no limits as to what you could do.

I love the jacket with a varnish finish, a bomber. I adore the proportions, with the tight skirt, no stockings, very sexy - skirt to the knee.

I love Alexander McQueen. I like the construction of his suits. I think it's fantastic.

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.

I think I asphyxiated my children.

Hollywood is a very inspiring place.

For so long Versace couture was identified with celebrities and music, which I love. But at the same time it could overwhelm the clothes.

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

It's good to see the children be creative. It's the pleasure of the future.

I don't even know what my natural color is. Natural? What is natural? What is that? I do not believe in totally natural for women. For me, natural has something to do with vegetables

I think glamour all the time. I wake up in the morning and I'm already thinking glamour.