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.

In mythology, the Medusa can petrify people with a look - which is a good thing, I think. But the Medusa is a unique symbol - something strong. It’s about going all the way.

My style is not that big. I wear heels, tight pants, and I wear diamonds.

Women's bodies are curvy, sensual, it's about being happy to be a woman - and sexy is always good

Fashion is a weapon that you can use when you need it.

The suit does not represent the businessman anymore. Nor does the loud shirt represent the rock star. The same man can now wear both.

Wear a fabulous smile, great jewelry and know that you are totally and utterly in control.

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

What is comfortable fashion? To be comfortable, that can't be in the vocabulary of fashion. If you want to be comfortable, stay home in your pajamas.

We shouldn't be copying what we see. We should try to find our own sense of style, to believe in ourselves.

Fashion is about dreaming and making other people dream.

Make good art. It doesn't matter what you do so long as you change something from the way it was before you touched it.

I'm always drooling over great design, from fashion to furniture.

Without love for my fellow man and respect for nature, to me, life is an obscenity.

Muscles are in a most intimate and peculiar sense the organs of the will.

The problem suggests the solution.

Pessimism is the one ism which kills the soul.

Life is not long enough for a coquette to play all her tricks in.

The fact that some people can push others to the point of thinking that their lives are not worthy is catastrophic.

I think Madonna is a wonderful performer.

I will never have a drink and get behind the wheel of a car. It's not illegal to drink and drive, but there becomes a certain point where it does become a crime.