Top 59 Quotes & Sayings by Waris Ahluwalia

I love my passport. I plan trips very last minute, so I always carry it with me.

I didn't choose acting. The universe did.

Hold the door for a lady. Wait until a lady is out of the elevator.

I spent the first five years of my life in Punjab, India, and then moved to New York.

I like the pause that tea allows.

I'm driven by history and our past. That's why I work in gold. It's in your veins. We've been lusting after gold since the beginning of time. God, glory, and gold.

I like there to be some interest in every element of my life.

'Life Aquatic' was the first movie I did, and it's been an incredible adventure since then.

If people want to think I'm an Indian prince, I don't want to dispel that notion.

One of my favourite activities is eating.

I work with gold that holds history, diamonds that see the future, and rubies that long for love.

You don't have to become Mother Teresa to make an impact in the world. But nothing can be achieved if, at the very least, we are not talking about it.

I love driving in the city at night.

I am less comfortable saying I am a jeweller and more comfortable saying I am a story teller.

I think the reason for my fascination with craft is what it represents, what it means in our culture, what it means in our history and in humanity. It was the idea that you could go to your butcher to get something, you could go to your tailor to get this, and you could go to your cobbler to get that.

I have always had a sense of curiosity and aspiration.

I'm surprised as anyone about where I've ended up. Maybe it's because I say yes to things.

People think they have to give up things to make a difference to the world, but you don't have to.

I'm an explorer.

I take my work seriously, but I don't necessarily take myself seriously.

I got no hate in me.

There's more to me than fashion. I just don't want to be seen as fashion.

I'm an American searching for some sort of parameters, a way of life - I'm looking for a slight formality, for a place where you can never be overdressed.

My first workshop was in Rome, and that was the start of House of Waris. In a little magical atelier, a goldsmith, his apprentice, his stone setter - and that was where it began.

I do things because I enjoy it. That used to be my downfall, but now it's the upside.

I'm a Sikh; it's part of my religious tradition to never cut my hair and keep it wrapped in a turban.

My friends are a huge part of my inspiration.

People who know me know that there's a light-hearted side, humour... But you could easily say I am cheeky.

I need my fill of Indian home cooking.

I'm a traditionalist with suits. It doesn't need extra pockets, and I don't want headphone jacks in my jacket. I appreciate designers who do different things, but for me, the most basic version of that item is what I want.

My mission in life is to preserve craftsmanship.

My inspiration is always love and history, and my passion to a fault is craftsmanship and responsibility. Those are the simplest things. It goes beyond jewelry. It's every part of my life.

I won't do anything unless it's the absolute best.

I do believe in standing for something more than just a product.

I'm not super-patriotic, but the U.S. is where I live, and it's the passport that I carry.

Someone gives jewelry, and there's a bit of romance. If you buy it from a store, the store is trying to romance you. Even when I'm making the jewelry, I have to be romanced.

I travel a lot, and I hunt for fabrics, then I have the tailor make me something.

I work with gold that holds our past and diamonds that see the future and rubies that long for love. It's just a way of telling a story.

My inspiration is love and history.

I love anything to do with history.

I like having a tailor everywhere because I am everywhere.

I create with my heart, so life and work inevitably intersect all too often.

I primarily live in New York City, a place that is about constants, not letting up and not stopping.

I went through different styles but realized Ray-Bans are the classics. You can't go wrong with them. I explore and cheat on them occasionally, but I always go back to the aviators.

I made two rings for myself, and when I was in Los Angeles, I walked into a store called Maxfields, and they essentially bought them off my hands.

My job is to put myself out there. It's beyond my control how I'm perceived.

I have so many friends and obligations, and I want to go out and support people. But we eat at home.

I always like a good song: puts me in a good mood.

I don't think men get enough flowers. A deeper pink or red peonies are my favorite. But I'll take anything, really.

My go-to jeans are a straight, narrow cut from A.P.C. or BLK DNM.

I wouldn't know how to think inside the box because I don't even know where it is. I wouldn't know how to do it any other way.

It took me a while to find myself.

I just want to create, and socializing is part of the experience. It might sound crazy, but I don't see myself in the jewelry business. It's an experience.

Supporting causes with whatever we do can be effective.

Design and the urgency to preserve it - not as a museum relic, as a living experience. And for me, something that lives alongside mass-produced goods. I'm not saying get away from it. My battle is there is a marketplace for what people wear and what they eat and care about how things are made and not just that they were made, and that's the core focus. I know where things come from, I know their families. I do that throughout my life - I know who makes my suits, and I know where my eggs come from. Everyone and everything is accounted for and has accountability.

It's beyond my control how I'm perceived.

People who know me know that theres a light-hearted side, humour... But you could easily say I am cheeky.

I like the pause that tea allows

I made two rings for myself and when I was in Los Angeles, I walked into a store called Maxfields and they essentially bought them off my hands. Those were originally made in New York. There wasn't craftsmanship, there was just manufacturing, and I wasn't interested in doing that. My first workshop was in Rome, and that was the start of House of Waris. In a little magical atelier, a goldsmith, his apprentice, his stone setter - and that was where it began.