From the time we’re born until we die, we’re kept busy with artificial stuff that isn’t important.
TOM FORDI probably do have an obsessive personality, but striving for perfection has served me well
More Tom Ford Quotes
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You can’t fake anything. If you’re honest and true and you love something, and you put that energy into it, people can usually feel it on the other side.
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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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If I had been a dog walker, I would have been the most successful dog walker in Paris.
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It’s really never fair to judge people because none of us know what’s going on inside anyone else’s head.
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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 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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Only hire people you want to have dinner with.
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British people still wear clothes. By clothes I mean actual clothes: jackets and shirts and ties and suits. English men make an effort. We’ve lost that in the US. Everyone is more concerned with being comfortable.
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Everyday is one less day.
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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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I am a perfectionist. This job is a total ego thing in a way. To be a designer and say, ‘This is the way they should dress; this is the way their homes should look; this is the way the world should be.’ But then, that’s the goal: world domination through style.
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I thought I was fabulous and everyone else was stupid.
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Dressing effectively is a kind of excellent manners.
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A film should be somewhat personal. I think that whatever you create you have to be true to yourself and create something that feels right to you.
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It’s hard not to be sexy in a pair of high heels.
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