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.
TOM FORDIf 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.
More Tom Ford Quotes
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Oh my God, so many young girls now look like whores!
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When the youth of America gets together, amazing things happen.
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I think people are sick of trends changing every six months – not because we’re tired of them, but just for the sake of change. There is so much junk in the world: junk TV, junk movies, all those junk magazines with the same people on the cover.
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When I was a little kid, all I wanted to do was to escape what I thought was the country and get to a city. Probably film and television had influenced me so much, I really thought the key to happiness was living a very artificial life in a penthouse in New York with martini glasses.
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Dressing effectively is a kind of excellent manners.
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Style for me is some one who figures out who they are. What works on them. What they feel good in and develops that. Develops their character. And the outer expression of their character is what is style.
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You have to be passionate, you have to be engaged and you have to be contributing to the world.
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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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Keep your jacket buttoned. Always. It’s just really flattering—it will take pounds off you.
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In my adult life I’ve understood that if I put an enormous amount of love and honesty into something, usually that shows in the end.
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There are no right or wrong answers, There is only intuition.
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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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If I had been a dog walker, I would have been the most successful dog walker in Paris.
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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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Everyday is one less day.
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