The leather vests are work vests, supposed to look like factory workers. They're actually the vests we use in the studio when we make jewelry.

As far as inspiration goes, I'm constantly inspired by traveling, symbols, magic and different cultural traditions around the world.

Art has such a transforming power. It can really take over your mind once you allow it to.

I might do a film someday for the collection. I love designing sets and creating environments, in film school and for my own presentations. I love telling stories.

Seeing my ideas come to reality. Seeing how happy it makes other people to wear them. Seeing them on other people makes me the happiest.

I'm always interested in collaborating with designers. I love Gaultier. I know that's kind of a high hope!

Luxury is something that makes you feel beautiful. I have a vintage silk kimono that definitely makes me feel beautiful and luxurious.

The Art Deco movement, architecture from that period and sort of the industrial aesthetic from that period. Art Deco meets tribal kind of thing. All that is my primal inspiration.

To me, jewelry is a natural progression and there is something so meaningful and magical about creating that one of a kind, special piece.

I'm always inspired by the hidden treasures, unique personalities and New York's overall charm.

I am overwhelmed by the grace and persistence of my people.

One can only wonder what the motivation is for Mauna Kea astronomers to subject their nighttime support staff to extremely long and fatiguing night shifts when they are easily avoidable.

There are as many ways of loving as there are people, and that wildflower variety is the great beauty of this dimension of existence.

When the night arrives, I often look up at the bright sky only to close my eyes and see the light within. Everything above so is below.

Riding a motorcycle on today's highways, you have to ride in a very defensive manner. You have to be a good rider and you have to have both hands and both feet on the controls at all times.

I think when you start to get afraid, it's time to leave.

When I first went to Vegas, there were just high-rollers and gamblers and the wise guys treated you great.

They didn't understand that she held his heart, held it so utterly that there was nothing he wouldn't do, no line he wouldn't cross to keep her safe.

Our conceptions of the world affect our perceptions of the world which, in turn, condition the way we subsequently conceive the world.

A little black girl yearns for the blue eyes of a little white girl, and the horror at the heart of her yearning is exceeded only by the evil of fulfillment