I’m very direct. I don’t have tantrums. I don’t yell or shout. I do expect an awful lot from my staff, but no more than I expect of myself.
TOM FORDWhat is important is that we stop and realize, “Okay. This is fine. I can enjoy that. But what is really important, what I’m really going to take away with me from this life, is my connection with other people.
More Tom Ford Quotes
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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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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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If I’m sending emails, and I get all wound up and stressed and don’t know what to do with myself for 20 minutes, I just go soak in hot water and lie there, thinking, ‘What should I do?’ So it’s meditative.
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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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I understand that I have a certain look that can be used to my advantage. I know the power of that when I walk into a room and talk to people, and I can use it as an advertising tool. Now I am actually selling me, my face, my thoughts. So I am my guy.
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It’s hard not to be sexy in a pair of high heels.
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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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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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I am not a person who is about reality. I am about enhanced reality.
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There are no right or wrong answers, There is only intuition.
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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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Want girls to let you put your fingers in certain places? Get a manicure.
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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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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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