Because I was so quiet, my father let me spend hours and hours next to him while he would sketch. Everyone else was always asking things from him. I wasn't asking anything. I was just happy to be there.
— Paloma Picasso
Nothing in the world can be more exciting than to create something and see it work.
I've heard my work called 'bold' and 'graffiti-like,' but for me it is always instinctual. I start with a shape or a colour and go from there.
I think, aesthetically, car design is so interesting - the dashboards, the steering wheels, and the beauty of the mechanics. I don't know how any of it works, I don't want to know, but it's inspirational.
I always thought that you breathe, you eat, you go to sleep, and you draw.
I don't have anything to prove anymore. I can relax.
People say, 'Oh, to be the daughter of Picasso!' But it's not as extravagant as it seems. He was very special, very vibrant, but he was my father. I didn't have another.
I decided to do everything around fashion but fashion itself, and that's accessories.
After university, I was working as a stylist in the Paris theatres when I had a flash of inspiration. I made necklaces from the bikinis designed for the cabaret performers of Folies Bergeres. I was so happy with them that it was only then that I sought out formal training in jewelry.
Personal style is not something that is just in the air. It is something you have and that you apply to yourself.
Sometimes I get very dressed up just to go to the corner for some bread; I dress for my own amusement.
The more famous you become, the less people will tell you your faults.
We are all familiar with the dove carrying an olive branch as a peace offering. The jewelry I've created pays tribute both to the messenger's noble mission and gardens as a refuge of peace and tranquility.
I have always been interested in design, but in the beginning I didn't set out to make jewelry specifically.
Fashion should be playful.
I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
