Elsa Peretti Quotes

Italy, Designer
May 1, 1940 – March, 20, 2021.

Elsa Peretti was a jewelry designer and philanthropist as well as a former fashion model. Her jewelry and design pieces for Tiffany & Co., are included in the 20th century collection of the British Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. She is largely responsible for the restoration of the village of Sant Martí Vell in Catalonia, Spain. Through her foundations, she supports a wide variety of cultural, social, and artistic causes.

I like to do things that are classic.

Elsa Peretti
A lot of designers still have nostalgia for the past. As for the furniture in the future, I hope they use less of real wood. Conservation in wood is necessary.

Elsa Peretti
- Real
- Hope
- Future

I always write in pencil, so I can erase.

Elsa Peretti
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
- Pain
Bird cages are nothing of incredible value, but I like them.

Elsa Peretti
- Value
- Bird
I would like to get married, but it must be a man who is part of my work, or me part of his.

Elsa Peretti
- Work