I don’t license everywhere. I take care of my name. — Gianni Versace

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

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. — Gianni Versace

I hate the traffic over there. Why don’t they start to build moving pathways to replace all the streets? I see New York in a very futuristic way, but they must do something new. — Gianni Versace

I want to see my niece and nephew grow up, to see their children… I get crazy at the idea that a time will come when I won’t see Daniel and Allegra anymore. — Gianni Versace

Comfort is very important to me. I think people live better in big houses and in big clothes. — Gianni Versace

I learned to work with my mother, who had an haute–couture business. — Gianni Versace

Women are more sure of themselves today. They don’t have to emulate the way men dress. — Gianni Versace

The environment was so strong, so dramatic. Tragedy is all over Calabria; it’s in the air. All this corresponds to my temperament. — Gianni Versace

I want to be the joy to people through my work. — Gianni Versace

I want to be a designer for my time. — Gianni Versace

I never fall down. I always fight. — Gianni Versace

I love photography and art–directing is something that I really would enjoy to do. — Gianni Versace

I think it’s the responsibility of a designer to try to break rules and barriers. — Gianni Versace

I try to contrast; life today is full of contrast… We have to change. — Gianni Versace

I am a typical Italian; I love the clan. But I don’t think about getting married. — Gianni Versace

Do not go into trends. Do not allow fashion take you over, choose who you want to be and what do you want to show with your clothes and lifestyle. — Gianni Versace

I’m a little like Marco Polo, going around and mixing cultures. — Gianni Versace

I like the body. I like to design everything to do with the body. — Gianni Versace

Perfume puts the finishing touch to elegance–a detail that subtly underscores the look, an invisible extra that completes a man and a woman’s personality. Without it there is something missing. — Gianni Versace

I really want to make clothes that are feminine and help women look beautiful. — Gianni Versace

Glamour is back, but with a minimalist touch. — Gianni Versace

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. — Gianni Versace

For me, the summer will be pure gray–mother–of–pearl gray, very pale gray. To me, this is the big statement for summer. Then we have light blue, light turquoise, lots of pink. — Gianni Versace

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. — Gianni Versace

You dress elegant women. You dress sophisticated women. I dress sluts. — Gianni Versace

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

I watch women continuously. I want them to look beautiful, I am not interested in making them funny, but just beautiful. They have got to look marvelous to please their own men. — Gianni Versace

The first thing I really enjoy is to make love, after comes the music. — Gianni Versace

I love very much the night after every fashion show when I have all those invitations to parties and I stay quiet at home by myself. — Gianni Versace

Don’t be into trends. Don’t make fashion own you, but you decide what you are. — Gianni Versace

In those days, when I was a little kid, I met the truer more authentic people of my life. The men were so pure, strong, honest, and faithful unto death–with an incredible sense of respect for a boss. — Gianni Versace

I liked women as a shape to dress. — Gianni Versace

Decide what you are, what you want to express by the way you dress and the way you live. — Gianni Versace

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