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.

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 never fall down. I always fight.

I want always to be positive.

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

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

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

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

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 liked women as a shape to dress.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

I want to be a designer for my time.

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

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