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?
TOM FORDWant girls to let you put your fingers in certain places? Get a manicure.
More Tom Ford Quotes
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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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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 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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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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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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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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I thought I was fabulous and everyone else was stupid.
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Style is very different from fashion. Once you find something that works, keep it.
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When the youth of America gets together, amazing things happen.
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Men don’t wear fashion any more except in Italy and London. Americans have lost that.
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Everyday is one less day.
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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 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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I believe in living life the way that you want to live it every day, and if you do that, you don’t really need to have New Year’s resolutions.
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