If my parents had discouraged me, I would have turned out very differently. They raised me in an open-minded, liberal environment.
TOM FORDAs a fashion designer, I was always aware that I was not an artist, because I was creating something that was made to be sold, marketed, used, and ultimately discarded.
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I believe that when you really want to do something, you should go ahead and do it. I mean, I feel fear, but I never let that stop me.
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Only hire people you want to have dinner with.
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From the time we’re born until we die, we’re kept busy with artificial stuff that isn’t important.
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If I had been a dog walker, I would have been the most successful dog walker in Paris.
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Oh my God, so many young girls now look like whores!
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I want to make beautiful clothes for women and men who appreciate detail and quality. The product must be the best but this is almost secondary to the service the customer will receive.
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A man should never wear shorts in the city. Flip-flops and shorts in the city are never appropriate. Shorts should only be worn on the tennis court or on the beach.
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I think people who are attracted to the fashion industry are people who are really insecure and looking for a certain identity.
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I am not someone who likes cocktail parties or large dinner parties, but I have to attend them often. I much prefer very small dinners with close friends.
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When you find somebody good, keep them in your life.
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Only hire people you want to have dinner with.
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My goal is to help women to become the best version of themselves.
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I thought I was fabulous and everyone else was stupid.
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I do struggle because I’m attracted to beautiful things, yet at the same time I am actually very aware, in some sense, their lack of value and that the most important things in life are your connections to other people.
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I am not a person who is about reality. I am about enhanced reality.
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