I like the pause that tea allows.
I always like a good song: puts me in a good mood.
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.
I'm a traditionalist with suits. It doesn't need extra pockets, and I don't want headphone jacks in my jacket. I appreciate designers who do different things, but for me, the most basic version of that item is what I want.
People who know me know that there's a light-hearted side, humour... But you could easily say I am cheeky.
It took me a while to find myself.
My inspiration is love and history.
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.
I like there to be some interest in every element of my life.
I'm surprised as anyone about where I've ended up. Maybe it's because I say yes to things.
I think the reason for my fascination with craft is what it represents, what it means in our culture, what it means in our history and in humanity. It was the idea that you could go to your butcher to get something, you could go to your tailor to get this, and you could go to your cobbler to get that.
You don't have to become Mother Teresa to make an impact in the world. But nothing can be achieved if, at the very least, we are not talking about it.
'Life Aquatic' was the first movie I did, and it's been an incredible adventure since then.
I travel a lot, and I hunt for fabrics, then I have the tailor make me something.
My mission in life is to preserve craftsmanship.
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.
Someone gives jewelry, and there's a bit of romance. If you buy it from a store, the store is trying to romance you. Even when I'm making the jewelry, I have to be romanced.
Hold the door for a lady. Wait until a lady is out of the elevator.
My go-to jeans are a straight, narrow cut from A.P.C. or BLK DNM.
I'm an American searching for some sort of parameters, a way of life - I'm looking for a slight formality, for a place where you can never be overdressed.
