Top 131 Quotes & Sayings by Donatella Versace - Page 2

Some men look great unshaven; others just look like they forgot to shave. Beards and mustaches can be really distinctive if you go for an earthy, rock-and-roll look like the Kings of Leon or the Killers.

Women are all the same; we want to be smaller in the waist, longer legs, slimmer. I design for women and their defects, to make them better.

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.

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.

I have to say, I grew up with fashion because my mother was a seamstress, and she had an atelier. She would cut the first pattern, and then she had people working for her. So I grew up in an atelier, watching people all around me sewing. I was fascinated.

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

I do think that exercise is important, not only to keep you in shape but also for your state of mind. However, I am not fanatical about it.

Hollywood is a very inspiring place.

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

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

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.

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 body should be reconfigured by the clothes, never again the other way round.

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

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.

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

Showing your femininity should help your career and not go against your career. Dressing like a man, using the suit to look powerful - that was the '80s, and that didn't help women.

To define the era we live in is very difficult. How do we define it? We define it by music.

The man of the millennium is much more liberated than the man of the '90s.

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.

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

Women should be sure of themselves because women have a lot of capacities. We can achieve so many different things that men cannot. I think women are stronger.

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.

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

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.

My mother didn't want me to be in fashion. She was in the fashion business, so was my brother, and she thought it was too crazy for me. She wanted me to be married with children, to be independent, yes, but not to have a crazy life.

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 think people need to see Prince live to really understand how remarkable he is. He has always been inspiring because he is never afraid to break rules or barriers or invent something new - and if you love fashion, then you need to be able to do that.

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.

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

Many young people don't know what Versace represent. I want to show what makes Versace an iconic brand.

Gianni created the whole thing. I came later and helped him.

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.

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.

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

I believe it is the responsibility and duty of those in high-profile positions to give a voice to people whose voices cannot be heard.

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.

I am not a great believer in fairy tales. Every woman should fight hard for her own happy endings. Although occasionally it is nice to wake up as a princess.

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.

There's time to slow down, after you're dead.

Plus-sized women shouldnt 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.

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

I think sex is part of life, like eating and breathing.

I was always crazy even before the drugs.

Giving up my heels was harder than giving up the drugs.

You can never forget the time you are living in because the past is the past and it will never come back. So to adjust your philosophy and creativity in fashion to the time you’re living in is the most important thing.

In fashion, only sexy won’t go out of fashion.

When I worked with Gianni Versace at the end of his life, I was the person with whom he would confide and say anything. If there was something I didn't like, I would be honest and say, "No, no, no! Do something different."

Just like music evokes emotion, so can garments.

I'd need an incredibly talented make up artist to make me look natural!

I love the strength of white blonde. Some people talk about having disasters while dyeing their hair - in my opinion you can never have a blonde disaster . . . I am always trying the latest products - whatever is new goes on my hair.

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

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

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

Feminism is dead in the world. It comes from another time. I'm a feminist. I want to fight, but I don't see many people with this desire to fight for something. Women don't help each other, especially in fashion.

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

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

You can be too boring, but you can never be too seductive.

A business woman needs a successful mix of design and practicality. I look for that special piece that sets the watch apart from the norm. I want to have something unique that differentiates itself with style and glamour.