I began to speak well at a very advanced age – 15, 16, 17 years old. It was psychological: the trauma of war, my family and growing up on my own. I was more or less a street kid. – Roberto Cavalli
Leopard is an animal design, and my designs come from nature. – Roberto Cavalli
I know I have to be like people expect, because people love to dream with me, they like to think that I love my boat of 50 metres, that I drink Cristal for breakfast, that I dance until five oclock in the morning. I am not like that. – Roberto Cavalli
There is a real vulgarity in the way women dress at the moment. They show off too much and try too hard. They dont understand where the line is between sexy and vulgar. I know where that line is. – Roberto Cavalli