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

- Gianni Versace

Women are more sure of themselves today. They don't have to emulate the way men dress.

- 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

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

- 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 want always to be positive.

- Gianni Versace

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

- Gianni Versace

I liked women as a shape to dress.

- Gianni Versace

I don't license everywhere. I take care of my name.

- Gianni Versace

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

- Gianni Versace

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

- Gianni Versace

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

- Gianni Versace

I never fall down. I always fight.

- Gianni Versace

Designing came to me. I didn't have to move.

- Gianni Versace

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

- Gianni Versace

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

- Gianni Versace

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

- Gianni Versace

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.

- 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