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I always write in pencil, so I can erase.

~Elsa Peretti

Topics: Always Erase Pencil Write I Can

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A big diamond necklace is nouveau riche, really. People who have wealth a long time don't wear such things.

~Elsa Peretti

Topics: Big Diamond Long Long Time Necklace People Really Such Things Things Time Wealth Wear Who

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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.

~Elsa Peretti

Topics: Baby Became Because Began Designer Exactly Exactly What How Ideas Jewelry Knew Myself Pencil Sketch Something Wanted Wear

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You think about the beauty and what you want to transmit. If I think about designing, I can't design.

~Elsa Peretti

Topics: About Beauty Design Designing Think Transmit Want You I Think

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I am a bull. I am Taurus. My will is awful. If I like something, there is nothing else. I was a pain in the neck. I still am a pain in the neck.

~Elsa Peretti

Topics: Am Awful Bull Else Like Neck Nothing Pain Something Still Will I Am

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I am jewelry and objects together. This is the Elsa Peretti name to me. It is a very good balance for me to try and create with the person in mind or with the space in mind - to imagine a bowl of fruit or something for water. It is a little bit yin and yang.

~Elsa Peretti

Topics: Am Balance Bit Bowl Create Fruit Good Imagine Jewelry Little Little Bit Me Mind Name Objects Person Something Space Together Try Very Water Yang I Am

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I like to push myself to achieve a certain quality, eliminate the excess detail. I always want a high degree of purity.

~Elsa Peretti

Topics: Achieve Always Certain Degree Detail Eliminate Excess High Like Myself Purity Push Quality Want

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I can hold a cup of sake on a full moon in Japan, and the reflection of the moon in that little cup can make me feel so enthusiastic about beauty. That one good, magical moment can give me enough to create other things like the teardrop earring or necklace.

~Elsa Peretti

Topics: About Beauty Create Cup Enough Enthusiastic Feel Full Full Moon Give Give Me Good Hold Japan Like Little Magical Make Me Moment Moon Necklace Other Reflection Sake Things I Can

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I hate that impeccable, perfectly perfect look, all matched and prearranged.

~Elsa Peretti

Topics: Hate Impeccable Look Matched Perfect Perfectly

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I can't copy nature.

~Elsa Peretti

Topics: Copy Nature

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Biography

Nationality: Italian

Type: Designer

Born: May 1st, 1940

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