From the time we’re born until we die, we’re kept busy with artificial stuff that isn’t important.
TOM FORDFrance? I don’t want to be anti-French but there isn’t a more unattractive group of people on the streets.
More Tom Ford Quotes
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If my parents had discouraged me, I would have turned out very differently. They raised me in an open-minded, liberal environment.
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You have to love what you do to the point that you can’t imagine doing anything else with your life.
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Dressing effectively is a kind of excellent manners.
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Everyday is one less day.
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Oh my God, so many young girls now look like whores!
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I don’t believe in playing around much with suit cuts. I like a fairly classic shape that gives a man strong shoulders, a fitted waist, and long legs. Classic simplicity always works.
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I am one of those people who isn’t great at anything, but I’m pretty good at most things.
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If I was ever going to become a good designer, I had to leave America. My own culture was inhibiting me. Too much style in America is tacky. It’s looked down upon to be too stylish. Europeans, however, appreciate style.
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Perfection is almost an illness with me, but sometimes I have moments where everything is absolutely clear and you can feel, rather than think.
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When you find somebody good, keep them in your life.
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Style is very different from fashion. Once you find something that works, keep it.
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You know that only thing that has made the whole thing worthwhile has been those few times that I was able to truly connect with another person.
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People always ask me how I start a collection, and I tell them that I just look around. What am I tired of? What am I in the mood for? Real fashion change comes from real changes in real life. Everything else is just decoration.
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I’m a natural-born boss, I have to say. I just like to be good at things. Even as a child, I was boss of my family.
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If I’m sending emails, and I get all wound up and stressed and don’t know what to do with myself for 20 minutes, I just go soak in hot water and lie there, thinking, ‘What should I do?’ So it’s meditative.
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