Donatella Versace

“Hollywood is a very inspiring place.”

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

“On a hanger, no dress is sexy. It's just fabric on a hanger.”

“A business woman needs a successful mix of design and practicality.”

“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 would be very easy for us to do a collection that everybody would like and not criticize. But criticism is a part of life. You have to take it.”

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

“In Italian there is an expression: We don't sleep on the fame.”

“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.”

“Some say the economy means that you have to persuade people to invest in clothes - to buy less things but more expensive things. I disagree - invest in jewelry, or a house, maybe, but not in fashion.”

“For me the safety pin is about rebellion, and I'm punk in the soul.”

“I find older men more attractive than boys. I need a man who can teach me a thing or two.”

“Fashion is about dreaming and making other people dream.”

“I was a fashion addict by the time I was 11 years old. I'd wear a miniskirt and patent-leather boots.”

“Die and born again, die and born again. It's the story of my life.”

“For me, music gives a voice to fashion.”

“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.”

“I love anyone who breaks the rules, and musicians always break the rules - in an aggressive way.”

“During the eighties and nineties, people wanted to be chic, elegant, bourgeois.”