Gianni Versace Quotes

Gianni Versace — Italian Designer born on December 02, 1946, died on July 15, 1997

Gianni Versace was an Italian fashion designer and founder of Versace, an international fashion house, which produces accessories, fragrances, make-up and home furnishings as well as clothes. He also designed costumes for the theatre and films. As a friend of Eric Clapton, Diana, Princess of Wales, Naomi Campbell, Madonna, Elton John, Cher, Sting and many other celebrities, he was the first designer to link fashion to the music world. Openly gay, Versace and his partner Antonio D'Amico were regulars on the international party scene. Versace was murdered outside his Miami Beach home, the former Casa Casuarina now known as "The Villa", at the age of 50 by spree killer Andrew Cunanan... (wikipedia)

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

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.

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

I think it's the responsibility of a designer to try to break rules and barriers.

I like the body. I like to design everything to do with the body.