My alter ego does not look in too great a mood today.

There has always been a correlation between money and art.

While we do not need art to live, I couldn't imagine a life without it.

I think that creative people, wherever they are, in any field, take inspiration wherever they can find it.

Provenance is something very important in jewelry. You want to know who has worn a piece of jewelry and who it has belonged to - it's part of its history, part of its aura.

I think imitation is always the greatest form of flattery.

If you speak to young kids anywhere in the world, hip-hop is the music that they like to listen to more than any other type, so the influence simply cannot be underestimated.

What I feel with the best of hip-hop music and with the best of what has been produced by hip-hop culture is that it's going to be timeless, and it's going to last.

In the early '80s, I was blown away when I began to hear some of the earliest hip-hop songs, and I'm fascinated by all the permutations the genre has gone through.

What I admire about Snoop Dogg is his longevity. I mean, he's been around for a long time and I think he's as good as he's ever been.

All-around 21st-century artist the great Kanye West at Design Miami/ Basel

The bottom line is that you can’t lead the person you can’t serve!

You could be great. You could rattle the stars. You could do anything if only you dared.

The demoralization that the debase­ment of the currency left in its wake played a major role in bring­ing Adolf Hitler into power in 1933.

Did universal charity prevail earth would be a heaven and hell a fable.

My agent said, 'You aren't good enough for movies.' I said, 'You're fired.'

If I'm stuck, I'll sit down and read. That's a big thing.

If women ran the world, we'd still be searching for the wheel.

I think we all have light and dark inside us.

Two things Florida can teach the other 49 states: how to make a good margarita and how to deal with the aftermath of a hurricane.

I'm full of clichés - I was raised by a Southern black woman and they had a saying for everything.