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I went to a job and sat down as a proper apprentice, learning how to make jewelry. It involved a lot of remodeling and repairing. It was a bad time in England in those days and people didn't have much money - they would repair a ring rather than buy a new one. They would thicken up the gold. I learned all the ways to make something look new again.

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Whatever nature gives us, we explore & we build on.

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Art is like an avalanche being poured down your throat. You know it's going to crack, eventually it's going to go out of fashion. I wish there was mu…

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When there's an opportunity, some people pass it by. I've been lucky enough to recognise opportunities and every day, in my business, there's an oppo…

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Your eye becomes more mature. What you don't see the first time, you keep looking, and eventually you'll see it. And when you are confident with what…

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You learn about yourself when you're collecting art. You learn what you're capable of. After all, we're not speaking about pennies-we're speaking abo…

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