Gianni Versace

I am not interested in the past, except as the road to the future.

In the past, people were born royal. Nowadays, royalty comes from what you do.

At the beginning of my career, it was very hard to go up. Now, it's very hard to stay on top. You have to stay there, and I want to stay there so badly. I'm still standing.

It is nice to have valid competition; it pushes you to do better.

I have a fantastic relationship with money. I use it to buy my freedom.

That is the key of this collection, being yourself. Don't be into trends. Don't make fashion own you, but you decide what you are, what you want to express by the way you dress and the way to live.

I am a typical Italian; I love the clan. But I don't think about getting married.

Even Michelangelo got paid for doing the Sistine Chapel. To those artists who say they're doing it for the love of art, I say: Get real.

I try to contrast; life today is full of contrast... We have to change.

My dream was always to be a composer, but fashion came very easily.

I'm a little like Marco Polo, going around and mixing cultures.

Fashion needs incredible women, alive, stimulating, with style like Diana Vreeland. She is the most. The way she talks expresses all her values.