Valentino Garavani Quotes

A piece of fabric can get me going.

Books are the heart of any home, and I spend hours going through books for design inspiration.

The only thing Martha and I have in common is that we both used to model. Martha Stewart is extremely talented. Her designs are picture perfect. Our philosophy is life is messy, and rather than being afraid of those messes we design products that work the way we live.

First and foremost, I'm a decorator and product designer. Everything I do, the television shows, the books, that comes from the design work. It's what I love.

I love entertaining and doing Martha Stewart stuff.

I'd like mostly stuff for design, because I like to design clothing.

At the end of the day if you want to entertain people, you've got to take your ego out of the equation.

Fashion and decor should amuse you and your friends.

I have fun with my clothes onstage; it's not a concert you're seeing, it's a fashion show.

Ever since I was a little girl, I loved to make things. I always made dresses for my Barbie dolls. When I was 13, I designed my Bat Mitzvah dress.

I was very interested in theatre, so my first love of fashion comes from costume, and I think that's pretty clear within my work and the level of theatricality.

'Mad Fashion' follows the everyday workings of me and my workshop, where we make fashion, costumes, props, and couture!

I told him I had always kept my inner Martha Stewart chained in the basement, but for his sake I would set her loose.” ~ Haven Travis

I'm good at pants. They are just two big sleeves sewn together.

Your home is a kind of a reflection of your family, your life, where you're at, where you want to be, so I love to entertain people in it.

It's always nice to have new clothes made for you.

I never studied interior design, but I'm a creative person. And what we surround ourselves with is very important - what makes you feel happy, what makes your senses feel good.

A mimicry artiste should be spontaneous and he should be able to crack jokes on the spot.

At about age 25 I had a bit of a quarter-life crisis and expected to be at a certain place by then, which was unrealistic to some extent. I used to have a lot of passion for interior design but I somehow lost it along the way, and so fashion was what I thought to be a new beginning, but in the end it just solidified the love I have for design.

I'm knee-deep into fashion; I'm knee-deep into movies.

I'm a performer, so when I get to any space, I make it my own for that moment and have fun.

In high school, I had a singing group, and I designed the outfits and made my friends' prom dresses.

Acting is a funny job because you're always playing a hundred levels of pretend, but when you're working with great designers who end up doing a lot of that work for you, you can focus on the things you want to focus on.

I believe in entertaining the audiences with whatever I do.

Sometimes I've been interested in studying fashion design. Just for fun.