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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.

- Waris Ahluwalia

Some, Searching, Slight, Formality

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.

- Waris Ahluwalia

Appreciate, Suits, Pockets, Jacket

I always like a good song: puts me in a good mood.

- Waris Ahluwalia

Song, Always, Puts, Good Mood

My first workshop was in Rome, and that was the start of House of Waris. In a little magical atelier, a goldsmith, his apprentice, his stone setter - and that was where it began.

- Waris Ahluwalia

Rome, Began, Workshop, Stone

I just want to create, and socializing is part of the experience. It might sound crazy, but I don't see myself in the jewelry business. It's an experience.

- Waris Ahluwalia

Business, Jewelry, Might, Socializing

I create with my heart, so life and work inevitably intersect all too often.

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Work, Inevitably, Too, Intersect

I'm an explorer.

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Explorer

If people want to think I'm an Indian prince, I don't want to dispel that notion.

- Waris Ahluwalia

Think, Want, Notion, Indian

I need my fill of Indian home cooking.

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Cooking, Need, Fill, Indian

Supporting causes with whatever we do can be effective.

- Waris Ahluwalia

Whatever, Effective, Causes, Supporting

People think they have to give up things to make a difference to the world, but you don't have to.

- Waris Ahluwalia

World, Think, Give, Make A Difference

I have always had a sense of curiosity and aspiration.

- Waris Ahluwalia

Curiosity, Always, Had, Aspiration

I love my passport. I plan trips very last minute, so I always carry it with me.

- Waris Ahluwalia

Love, Always, Very, Trips

I primarily live in New York City, a place that is about constants, not letting up and not stopping.

- Waris Ahluwalia

City, New, About, Stopping

I wouldn't know how to think inside the box because I don't even know where it is. I wouldn't know how to do it any other way.

- Waris Ahluwalia

Think, Box, Other, Any Other Way

I am less comfortable saying I am a jeweller and more comfortable saying I am a story teller.

- Waris Ahluwalia

I Am, Comfortable, More, Teller

Hold the door for a lady. Wait until a lady is out of the elevator.

- Waris Ahluwalia

Door, Lady, Wait, Elevator

I do things because I enjoy it. That used to be my downfall, but now it's the upside.

- Waris Ahluwalia

Now, Upside, Things, Downfall

I like there to be some interest in every element of my life.

- Waris Ahluwalia

My Life, Some, Like, Element

I'm surprised as anyone about where I've ended up. Maybe it's because I say yes to things.

- Waris Ahluwalia

Yes, Maybe, About, Surprised

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.

- Waris Ahluwalia

Hands, Made, Angeles, Los Angeles

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.

- Waris Ahluwalia

Think, Reason, Means, Butcher

I went through different styles but realized Ray-Bans are the classics. You can't go wrong with them. I explore and cheat on them occasionally, but I always go back to the aviators.

- Waris Ahluwalia

Through, Always, Classics, Occasionally

I'm a Sikh; it's part of my religious tradition to never cut my hair and keep it wrapped in a turban.

- Waris Ahluwalia

Religious, Part, Cut, Wrapped

I don't think men get enough flowers. A deeper pink or red peonies are my favorite. But I'll take anything, really.

- Waris Ahluwalia

Flowers, Pink, Think, Deeper

My go-to jeans are a straight, narrow cut from A.P.C. or BLK DNM.

- Waris Ahluwalia

Jeans, Straight, Cut, Narrow

I work with gold that holds our past and diamonds that see the future and rubies that long for love. It's just a way of telling a story.

- Waris Ahluwalia

Love, Diamonds, Telling, Holds

I work with gold that holds history, diamonds that see the future, and rubies that long for love.

- Waris Ahluwalia

Love, Gold, Diamonds, Holds

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.

- Waris Ahluwalia

Beginning, Past, Been, Driven

People who know me know that there's a light-hearted side, humour... But you could easily say I am cheeky.

- Waris Ahluwalia

Say, Could, Side, Humour

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