Simon de Pury

Critics are always complaining about the materialism of hip-hop and accusing the artists of living way above their means. But this ostentatious…

— Simon de Pury

What I admire about Snoop Dogg is his longevity. I mean, he's been around for a long time and I think he's…

— Simon de Pury

Provenance is something very important in jewelry. You want to know who has worn a piece of jewelry and who it has…

— Simon de Pury

There has always been a correlation between money and art.

— Simon de Pury

My alter ego does not look in too great a mood today.

— Simon de Pury

I fell into hip-hop right from the beginning. I was a teenager in the '60s, so I was putting all my pocket…

— Simon de Pury

In the early '80s, I was blown away when I began to hear some of the earliest hip-hop songs, and I'm fascinated…

— Simon de Pury

I think that creative people, wherever they are, in any field, take inspiration wherever they can find it.

— Simon de Pury

In a way, there's nothing more intimate than a piece of jewelry. A painting is hung on somebody's wall. You put a…

— Simon de Pury

All-around 21st-century artist the great Kanye West at Design Miami/ Basel

— Simon de Pury

I think it's a tribute to the artistic importance of hip-hop culture and what hip-hop has brought into music and fashion and…

— Simon de Pury

I think imitation is always the greatest form of flattery.

— Simon de Pury

In general, you have great artists who have died far too early and who have left great cultural impact. If you look…

— Simon de Pury

What I feel with the best of hip-hop music and with the best of what has been produced by hip-hop culture is…

— Simon de Pury

While we do not need art to live, I couldn't imagine a life without it,

— Simon de Pury

If you speak to young kids anywhere in the world, hip-hop is the music that they like to listen to more than…

— Simon de Pury

I think there is going to be a whole market and we'll start to see hip-hop jewelry regularly in jewelry auctions around…

— Simon de Pury