Paloma Picasso Quotes

I have always been interested in design, but in the beginning I didn’t set out to make jewelry specifically.

After university, I was working as a stylist in the Paris theatres when I had a flash of inspiration. I made necklaces from the bikinis designed for the cabaret performers of Folies Bergeres. I was so happy with them that it was only then that I sought out formal training in jewelry.

The more famous you become, the less people will tell you your faults.

Fashion should be playful.

We are all familiar with the dove carrying an olive branch as a peace offering. The jewelry I’ve created pays tribute both to the messenger’s noble mission and gardens as a refuge of peace and tranquility.

I’ve heard my work called ‘bold’ and ‘graffiti-like,’ but for me it is always instinctual. I start with a shape or a colour and go from there.

A perfume is like a piece of clothing, a message, a way of presenting oneself a costume that differs according to the woman who wears it.

I don’t have anything to prove anymore. I can relax.

Sometimes I get very dressed up just to go to the corner for some bread; I dress for my own amusement.

I was born into a world of art. I always thought that in life, you breathe, you eat, you go to sleep and you draw.