I design for the working girl.

I can't copy nature.

In the '80s, everything became too serious.

All my work comes out of my life.

Anyone who was a rebel at one time in life cannot return to being conventional.

I hate that impeccable, perfectly perfect look, all matched and prearranged. Style is to be simple.

What can I say about my jewelry? It speaks for itself. To me, style is to be simple.

Portofino in the '60s was magic. Women in bright silk, each with a gardenia in their hand. The bottle started then, in my mind.

I love nature, but I try to change it a little bit, not copy it,

I was a baby when I began, but I knew exactly what I wanted to wear myself. I became a jewelry designer because I knew how to do something with a pencil and sketch my ideas.