Even Michelangelo got paid for doing the Sistine Chapel. To those artists who say they're doing it for the love of art, I say: Get real.
The environment was so strong, so dramatic. Tragedy is all over Calabria; it's in the air. All this corresponds to my temperament.
In the past, people were born royal. Nowadays, royalty comes from what you do.
It is nice to have valid competition; it pushes you to do better.
For me, the summer will be pure gray - mother-of-pearl gray, very pale gray. To me, this is the big statement for summer. Then we have light blue, light turquoise, lots of pink.
I'm a little like Marco Polo, going around and mixing cultures.
