I am really a loner after all; I am really not a social person. Because of my job, people think I am out every night, but I really hate all that. I am somebody who likes to be alone and see some close friends. I am a shy and introspective person.
TOM FORDI think that the older you get, the more you become your true, essential self. You find the things that make you happy. You whittle away the parts of yourself that mean less to you.
More Tom Ford Quotes
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If I were straight and I were trying to seduce a woman, I could do it just by standing up at the table when she came back from the bathroom. It works. Every time I do that, all the straight men are sitting at the table and their wives are kicking them. “Look at that!” “You never do that for me!”
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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 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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Never, ever, ever wear anything you are uncomfortable in. Because that is what you’ll project: ‘I look like a fool.’
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You have to look inside yourself and you have to say, well, what am I about? Why does anyone need this? Why does anyone need a ‘Tom Ford’ jacket? What do I believe in?
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I am not a person who is about reality. I am about enhanced reality.
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Dressing well is a form of good manners.
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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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Fashion is everything. Art, music, furniture design, graphic design, hair, makeup, architecture, the way cars look – all those things go together to make a moment in time, and that’s what excites me.
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At home, off-duty, I wear T-shirts from Fruit of the Loom – but I have them tailored.
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France? I don’t want to be anti-French but there isn’t a more unattractive group of people on the streets.
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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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I find I can get so much done between midnight and 4 a.m. Everything is quiet, no one is disturbing me, and if I go to bed then, I just lie awake thinking of ideas. They are very creative hours for me. One night a week I crash out, though.
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Time and silence are the most luxurious things today.
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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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What’s so wrong with vanity? It’s different from narcissism, you know? It’s not about admiring yourself-it’s about taking pride in your appearance.
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I know one day I’ll be irrelevant. No matter how hard you try there is a cultural moment, but eventually that window’s gone, your time on Earth is finished, and you might as well leave. I could absolutely die tomorrow – I would not care. I feel like I’ve lived, I feel like I’ve had a great life.
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Real fashion change comes from real changes in real life. Everything else is just decoration.
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Want girls to let you put your fingers in certain places? Get a manicure.
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She needs to have a few drinks and cry a little-then she’ll be perfect.
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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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Yes, I still take my baths all day long. They’re meditative. I have three a day.
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On the one hand, I want to go off and live in the desert with my dog and sculpt things out of adobe.
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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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Oh my God, so many young girls now look like whores!
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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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