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.
TOM FORDIt’s hard not to be sexy in a pair of high heels.
More Tom Ford Quotes
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As 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 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.
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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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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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Glamour is something more than what you put on your body. It has to do with the way you carry yourself and the impact you have on others.
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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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I am one of those people who isn’t great at anything, but I’m pretty good at most things.
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I probably do have an obsessive personality, but striving for perfection has served me well
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I probably do have an obsessive personality, but striving for perfection has served me well
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You should put on the best version of yourself when you go out in the world because that is a show of respect to the other people around you.
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In another life I would love to be a cosmetic surgeon because it’s architectural. You know, you are trying to figure out where the seams go. Can I do it in one piece like Halston? Can you formaldehyde DNA?
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Only hire people you want to have dinner with.
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The world might be a very scary place if it were only run by Virgos.
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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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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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