My truth is this: That I don't know what will happen tomorrow because you can never know.

I've always been obsessed with things that are half animal and half human - like mermaids and Minotaurs - because they are trapped in an animal body. And I felt trapped in my own life.

I had only two girlfriends. I didn't have many friends because I was staying at home and dreaming - drawing and dreaming.

I can give a beautiful present, and that may change the lives of people around me.

In Italy, especially in '70s and '80s, there was a lot of racism between north and south. And my mom immigrated from the south to the north, from Puglia, the heel of Italy. But what made me feel different was society, not my family.

When I started, everyone said couture was finished and I was so scared. Actually I was more terrorized than scared. I was arriving from a provincial area of Italy. They called me in to do Givenchy and I just thought, Wow.

Being a creative mind, you have to examine who you are every day.