My father's house was on East 55th Street on 1st and 2nd Avenues. I'm fifth-generation Marino in the East 50s - I live on 57th Street. I can't be more East 50s. — Peter Marino Copy Share Image
I have this 'Alice in Wonderland' idea in my head that a garden should be a place of wonderment. — Peter Marino Copy Share Image
In 1991, if someone came in with a $1 million budget for a boutique, I would have fainted. Nobody spent even half that. But… — Peter Marino Copy Share Image
The French use gardens to show grandeur and the English to show how things have endured for hundreds of years, but for me, they're… — Peter Marino Copy Share Image
Motorcycle garb is the way I looked to Warhol. Then came the Armani suits. — Peter Marino Copy Share Image
Koishikawa Korakuen Garden - one of Tokyo's oldest Japanese gardens, and one of the best spots for viewing the cherry blossoms. — Peter Marino Copy Share Image
All bronzes are made to be touched. Bronze is a sensual 'living' material. The sweat and oil of your palms adds to the patination. — Peter Marino Copy Share Image
There's a very important aspect to all my work, now more than ever, which is tying the interior design and architecture with the art. — Peter Marino Copy Share Image
I loathe when architects only analyze architecture in intellectual, nonvisual ways. I really love direct response, and that's very pop. I don't want to… — Peter Marino Copy Share Image
We have a thousand hydrangea plants bordering the house, and they were all supposed to be pink, but a handful of them keep turning… — Peter Marino Copy Share Image
If something's a high-margin product, I understand its importance to the store. — Peter Marino Copy Share Image
That was really the Fifties for me - that whole spirit of flicking the paint on the canvas. — Peter Marino Copy Share Image
I do really modern with materials that are so luxurious that they're, like, baroque. — Peter Marino Copy Share Image
