Peter Marino

I have this 'Alice in Wonderland' idea in my head that a garden should be a place of wonderment.

— Peter Marino

In 1991, if someone came in with a $1 million budget for a boutique, I would have fainted. Nobody spent even half…

— Peter Marino

The French use gardens to show grandeur and the English to show how things have endured for hundreds of years, but for…

— Peter Marino

Motorcycle garb is the way I looked to Warhol. Then came the Armani suits.

— Peter Marino

Koishikawa Korakuen Garden - one of Tokyo's oldest Japanese gardens, and one of the best spots for viewing the cherry blossoms.

— Peter Marino

All bronzes are made to be touched. Bronze is a sensual 'living' material. The sweat and oil of your palms adds to…

— Peter Marino

There's a very important aspect to all my work, now more than ever, which is tying the interior design and architecture with…

— Peter Marino

I loathe when architects only analyze architecture in intellectual, nonvisual ways. I really love direct response, and that's very pop. I don't…

— Peter Marino

We have a thousand hydrangea plants bordering the house, and they were all supposed to be pink, but a handful of them…

— Peter Marino

If something's a high-margin product, I understand its importance to the store.

— Peter Marino

That was really the Fifties for me - that whole spirit of flicking the paint on the canvas.

— Peter Marino

I do really modern with materials that are so luxurious that they're, like, baroque.

— Peter Marino

I like my clients. All of my clients say, "Peter. You're talented. But, your best virtue is your discretion." They really don't…

— Peter Marino

If I need a pair of tennis shorts, I'll buy them online. I don't really care. Not going to go and try…

— Peter Marino

Publicity doesn't really get me anything. Clients are not going to hire me for a $100 million building because I have a…

— Peter Marino

I don't talk about myself in the third person. When I start doing that, you'll know I'm having an out-of-body experience.

— Peter Marino

People in Shanghai make a lot more money than the farmers in the rice paddies. The rice-paddy farmers are not buying Louis…

— Peter Marino

One of my first fashion clients was Calvin Klein. We did his first freestanding stores. He was very exact and precise. But…

— Peter Marino

I always look for inspiration, and the creativity of artists is an essential element to my life, my work, and my happiness.

— Peter Marino

Not enough people enjoy working with color, which delights and inspires me.

— Peter Marino

It's a good marriage because each of us is what we are, allows the other one to be themselves, and appreciates each…

— Peter Marino

I want to be the first person to animate bags - everything done for handbags bores me to tears - I want…

— Peter Marino

I like more the fact that I like to think out of the box. Thinking out of the box goes along with…

— Peter Marino

If you want to come up with a really original design idea, and you want to capture a whole new design direction,…

— Peter Marino

Nine out of nine architects start with a sketch, and then they say, 'What should we make it out of?' I start…

— Peter Marino