Elsa Peretti Quote

I can hold a cup of sake on a full moon in Japan, and the reflection of the moon in that little cup ...
ELSA PERETTI

I always write in pencil, so I can erase.
ELSA PERETTI

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

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

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

I like to do things that are classic.
ELSA PERETTI

People surround themselves in their houses with things they don't really need, that they have to...
ELSA PERETTI

Bird cages are nothing of incredible value, but I like them.
ELSA PERETTI

What I want is not to become a status symbol, but to give beauty at a price.
ELSA PERETTI

I keep my hair gray, so I like silver and platinum. For women who dye their hair, they can wear what...
ELSA PERETTI

For me, to put together my museum and all my remembrances was a big effort mentally, physically and ...
ELSA PERETTI

I don't have the feeling that I need to add a lot to my collection, because I have an incredibly...
ELSA PERETTI

The production must be faithful to the line. If the production fails, my work fails.
ELSA PERETTI

I like Yorkshire Tea - very strong and English.
ELSA PERETTI

Most of the time, I'm in the country, and the jewelry I wear I can wear in the country.
ELSA PERETTI

I can't copy nature.
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...
ELSA PERETTI

I was a baby when I began, but I knew exactly what I wanted to wear myself. I became a jewelry desig...
ELSA PERETTI

Good design for the home should be universal. A house should be like old shoes, comfortable, like a ...
ELSA PERETTI

A lot of designers still have nostalgia for the past. As for the furniture in the future, I hope the...
ELSA PERETTI

I like to push myself to achieve a certain quality, eliminate the excess detail. I always want a hig...
ELSA PERETTI

So many people: Lucille Ball is the earliest incarnation of a woman I thought was funny, Joan Rivers...
CHELSEA PERETTI

I'm a typical Capricorn. I'm hardworking, loyal, sometimes stubborn, and I don't believe...
JONAH PERETTI

I do feel like guys feel pressure to be funny with me, which is kind of annoying. It's a turn-of...
CHELSEA PERETTI

When you are making a movie, there are a zillion cooks in the kitchen, and you don't always get ...
FRANK PERETTI

I think a lot about how ideas spread, how information spreads, why is it that something you're r...
JONAH PERETTI

I only do private room karaoke where it's just me and one of my closest girlfriends. My mom alwa...
CHELSEA PERETTI

I think that with podcasts, a lot of things are about fostering and having a direct connection with ...
CHELSEA PERETTI

There's a reason evolution is a hot-button issue. It's not just a matter of science, either....
FRANK PERETTI

I'm just a slow writer. I'm picky and careful and fastidious.
FRANK PERETTI

We have a God who loves us. We are in the palm of his hand. He doesn't leave us, and He doesn...
FRANK PERETTI

When I was in New York, I got to see Joan Rivers do an hour of material, and it blew my mind. I don&...
CHELSEA PERETTI

I would say that I have a love-hate relationship with almost everything in my life, including stand-...
CHELSEA PERETTI

I performed after 9/11 for relief workers down by Ground Zero. There were these men just coming back...
CHELSEA PERETTI

I thought we were a little nervous. It was a quiet bus ride, but (Queensbury's first goal) was a wak...
WALT PERETTI

Mormons know that it's not enough to practise your religion - you also have to spread your relig...
JONAH PERETTI

Moviemaking is just really neat, and I really like doing that. I'd like to get into it more, but...
FRANK PERETTI

Generally, my notes and outlines comprise more words than my novels. I suppose that's one reason...
FRANK PERETTI

I became very timid, very retreating. I wouldn't talk to anybody. I didn't look you in the e...
FRANK PERETTI

One of the things that is counterintuitive about BuzzFeed is that there's not a natural corollar...
JONAH PERETTI

My earlier books, 'The Oath,' 'This Present Darkness' were pretty straight adventure...
FRANK PERETTI

It's important that all my friends have verified Twitter accounts. The blue checkmark makes me f...
JONAH PERETTI

I wanted to write a novel where the meaning is in the story and characters and the subliminal, in th...
FRANK PERETTI

First of all, I was a good Christian kid. My mom and dad taught me never to fight. So I never fought...
FRANK PERETTI

When I was little, people would ask what my favorite color was, and I never knew. I find it's re...
CHELSEA PERETTI

I barely watch TV. Somehow, I make it work with just the Internet. On TV, there's always so much...
CHELSEA PERETTI

Sometimes when I'm nervous, that's when the most interesting things happen.
CHELSEA PERETTI

I'm Jewish and Italian, and I lucked out and got the nose of both cultures.
CHELSEA PERETTI

Working on 'Parks' was like heaven because everyone there was just intimidatingly intelligen...
CHELSEA PERETTI

It's hard to bury your head in Los Angeles. People come up to you and say, 'Hey, I saw your ...
CHELSEA PERETTI

I really want to interview Larry David.
CHELSEA PERETTI

On tour, it's either call ex-boyfriends or tweet a lot. You're just looking for any proof th...
CHELSEA PERETTI

'Chels-emojis' are in the works. I use emojis heavily in life, and I think a lot of people d...
CHELSEA PERETTI

We went to a very small high school. It was, like, in a wooded house; it was a weird school. I hung ...
CHELSEA PERETTI

People see technology as something that will ruin society and culture, but I've always embraced ...
CHELSEA PERETTI

It's really irritating. Even people who like my work sometimes come up to me and say, 'I usu...
CHELSEA PERETTI

It's pretty satisfying to use an image when you don't have a great articulate response. And ...
CHELSEA PERETTI

A good book or movie or screenplay should be emotionally satisfying. When they're done, you want...
FRANK PERETTI

The Gospel can stand up to scrutiny.
FRANK PERETTI

Kids are not going to sit and read a slow-paced book. Neither are adults.
FRANK PERETTI

In the daytime during the summer, I only wear 'Laura Mercier Secret Camouflage Concealer' fo...
ELSA HOSK

Exercise is like an addiction. Once you're in it, you feel like your body needs it.
ELSA PATAKY

Bores put you in a mental cemetery while you are still walking.
ELSA MAXWELL

Laugh at yourself first before anyone else can.
ELSA MAXWELL

Laugh at yourself first, before anyone else can.
ELSA MAXWELL

Fashion is born by small facts, trends, or even politics, never by trying to make little pleats and ...
ELSA SCHIAPARELLI

Eating is not merely a material pleasure. Eating well gives a spectacular joy to life and contribute...
ELSA SCHIAPARELLI

No, I don't understand my husband's theory of relativity, but I know my husband, and I know he can b...
ELSA EINSTEIN

A good cook is like a sorceress who dispenses happiness.
ELSA SCHIAPIRELLI

Women dress alike all over the world: they dress to be annoying to other women.
ELSA SCHIAPARELLI

Serve the dinner backward, do anything - but for goodness sake, do something weird.
ELSA MAXWELL

I generally always eat what I want. I think when you work out a lot, you can afford to eat more beca...
ELSA HOSK

I would never wear a look that was all the same designer. I always wear at least one thing that is v...
ELSA HOSK

You're in a bathing suit pretty much all year round working for Victoria's Secret. There'...
ELSA HOSK

Under pressure, people admit to murder, setting fire to the village church or robbing a bank, but ne...
ELSA MAXWELL

A good cook is like a sorceress who dispenses happiness.
ELSA SCHIAPARELLI

Most turkeys taste better the day after; my mother's tasted better the day before.
ELSA SCHIAPIRELLI

Right now there are a lot of Angels represented. We are from all over the world. We come from differ...
ELSA HOSK

Oh my God, I sweat so much! You have to keep deodorant in your purse and use those deodorising wipes...
ELSA HOSK

There is no such thing as a person that nothing has happened to, and each person's story is as d...
ELSA LANCHESTER

Serve the dinner backward, do anything-but for goodness sake, do something weird.
ELSA MAXWELL

I make enemies deliberately. They are the sauce piquante to my dish of life.
ELSA MAXWELL

The cocktail party is easily the worst invention since castor oil
ELSA MAXWELL

I don't hate anyone. I dislike. But my dislike is the equivalent of anyone else's hate.
ELSA MAXWELL

I like to be completely exhausted when I go to bed, so if I worked out and I had a long day, that...
ELSA HOSK

I like a good mattress, first of all. I have a Hestia bed, and it's the best mattress in the wor...
ELSA HOSK

Seeing unhappiness in the marriage of friends, I was content to have chosen music and laughter as a ...
ELSA MAXWELL

A bore is a vacuum cleaner of society, sucking up everything and giving nothing. Bores are always ea...
ELSA MAXWELL

Laugh at yourself first, before anyone else can
ELSA MAXWELL

There is no such thing as a person that nothing has happened to, and each person's story is as diffe...
ELSA LANCHESTER

Sleep is so important. I think more important than we know. When I haven't slept, I'm not my...
ELSA HOSK

Giving parties is a trivial avocation, but it pays the dues for my union card in humanity.
ELSA MAXWELL

Someone said that life is a party. You join in after it's started and leave before it's finished.
ELSA MAXWELL

In difficult times fashion is always outrageous.
ELSA SCHIAPARELLI

Women dress alike all over the world: they dress to be annoying to other women
ELSA SCHIAPARELLI

She looked as if butter wouldn't melt in her mouth-or anywhere else.
ELSA LANCHESTER

I thought she was a Method Actress. Afterwards somebody informed me that she was merely a manic-depr...
ELSA LANCHESTER

I think life is so much about enjoying and not punishing yourself or restricting yourself too much. ...
ELSA HOSK

‎God remains silent so that men and women may speak, protest, and struggle. God remains silent so ...
ELSA TAMEZ

She's going to be American and I'm illegal? We only came to work.
ELSA RODRIGUEZ

It's a beautiful school. It's like nothing we have around here. I am happy that they're doing things...
ELSA RODRIGUEZ

We're like the ancestors who started this country, they came from other countries without documents,...
ELSA RODRIGUEZ

Better to build schoolrooms for the boys than prison and gallows for the men
ELSA COOK

I really enjoy doing the fashion shows because they're so emotionally demanding!
ELSA BENITEZ

I love 'Victoria's Secret Sport' because what they do so well is the fit and how it make...
ELSA HOSK

I have a boxing trainer at a gym, which is really fun. And I also try to complement it with flybarre...
ELSA HOSK

I like vintage stores - all over the world. I have a little collection of my favorite stores here an...
ELSA HOSK

I know I have one of the best jobs in the world. These days, models are allowed to have bigger perso...
ELSA HOSK

Don't compare yourself to anybody. I did that a lot when I was younger. I was so insecure about ...
ELSA HOSK

It has taken me so long to understand my skin, but the formula that works best for me is, gentle and...
ELSA HOSK

My dad put up a basket on my street, and I was practicing every day. It was just nuts. But I miss it...
ELSA HOSK

Just having the whole control over your body is so important when you're modelling - to just be ...
ELSA HOSK

Swedish people live for the summer - it transforms everyone. I don't want to miss having a Swedi...
ELSA HOSK

Boxing makes you kind of tight, so it's really good to mix that with barre, Pilates, or somethin...
ELSA HOSK

I always do the same makeup because it's what works with my face. Just eyeliner and lots of masc...
ELSA HOSK

I used to hate my butt - like, hate it. In school, I used to cover it up. I felt like it was too big...
ELSA HOSK

I love to relax. It's my favorite thing in the world. I am very good at being like a grandma and...
ELSA HOSK

On my lips, I just do a little bit of liner, just a color silhouette.
ELSA HOSK

Never fit a dress to the body but train the body to fit the dress.
ELSA SCHIAPARELLI

I don't hate anyone. I dislike. But my dislike is the equivalent of anyone else's hate.
ELSA MAXWELL

Someone said that life is a party. You join in after it's started and leave before it's fini...
ELSA MAXWELL

Existence is a party. You join after its started and you leave before its finished.
ELSA MAXWELL

She looked as if butter wouldn't melt in her mouth - or anywhere else.
ELSA LANCHESTER

I have so many indulgences - way too many. But I think also you work out to be able to eat what you ...
ELSA HOSK

I love fashion, so I'm always into new things. I'm not necessarily a trend-driven person. I ...
ELSA HOSK

The claws of Truth were painful. The lies tore away like scabs, and John bled there for hours, stifl...
FRANK E. PERETTI

Spirit, who are you?' Andy demanded.
Bobby remained silent, his entire body strained, his lips ...
FRANK E. PERETTI

let's be honest: ignoring is acting, and nothing more - acting as though the words, or actions of yo...
FRANK E. PERETTI

Staying alive is nice, but you can’t do that forever. It’s how you live the life you have while ...
FRANK E. PERETTI

Comfort can be a dangerous thing. You stick around home all the time where it’s safe and nothing e...
FRANK E. PERETTI

Sin is the Monster we love to deny. It is crouching at the door and it wants you, but you must overc...
FRANK E. PERETTI

I'm here, Satan," he said. "I can't see you, and maybe you can move faster than I can, but I'm still...
FRANK E. PERETTI

Tal was looking at Hank when he said, "Just a moment. I want to hear it one more time."
As they...
FRANK E. PERETTI

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.

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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.

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