Fashion is not frivolous. I am a businesswoman, a very serious person.
Donatella Versace

I like perfume and flowers.
Donatella Versace

Creativity comes from a conflict of ideas.
Donatella Versace

It would be very easy for us to do a collection that everybody would like and not criticize. But criticism is a part of life. You have to take it.
Donatella Versace

Fashion is all about happiness. It's fun. It's important. But it's not medicine.
Donatella Versace

You can't pretend that everybody likes Versace. It would be boring. It's better to create a reaction than to create no reaction. That's dangerous.
Donatella Versace

Sometimes big designers are afraid that people won't recognize them if they change that much.
Donatella Versace

In Italian there is an expression: We don't sleep on the fame.
Donatella Versace