Waris Ahluwalia Quotes

I create with my heart, so life and work inevitably intersect all too often.

I love driving in the city at night.

I wouldn't know how to think inside the box because I don't even know where it is. I wouldn't know how to do it any other way.

My mission in life is to preserve craftsmanship.

I have always had a sense of curiosity and aspiration.

Design and the urgency to preserve it - not as a museum relic, as a living experience. And for me, something that lives alongside mass-produced goods. I'm not saying get away from it. My battle is there is a marketplace for what people wear and what they eat and care about how things are made and not just that they were made, and that's the core focus. I know where things come from, I know their families. I do that throughout my life - I know who makes my suits, and I know where my eggs come from. Everyone and everything is accounted for and has accountability.

My inspiration is love and history.

I like the pause that tea allows

I travel a lot, and I hunt for fabrics, then I have the tailor make me something.

I made two rings for myself and when I was in Los Angeles, I walked into a store called Maxfields and they essentially bought them off my hands. Those were originally made in New York. There wasn't craftsmanship, there was just manufacturing, and I wasn't interested in doing that. My first workshop was in Rome, and that was the start of House of Waris. In a little magical atelier, a goldsmith, his apprentice, his stone setter - and that was where it began.

It's beyond my control how I'm perceived.

I'm driven by history and our past. That's why I work in gold. It's in your veins. We've been lusting after gold since the beginning of time. God, glory, and gold.

People who know me know that theres a light-hearted side, humour... But you could easily say I am cheeky.

I just want to create, and socializing is part of the experience. It might sound crazy, but I don't see myself in the jewelry business. It's an experience.

My friends are a huge part of my inspiration.

My inspiration is always love and history, and my passion to a fault is craftsmanship and responsibility. Those are the simplest things. It goes beyond jewelry. It's every part of my life.