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My career in fashion has been very much about sexuality and sex, and I think a lot of people think that's all I can do and what I am all about.

I am one of those people who isn't great at anything, but I'm pretty good at most things.

I'm a pretty calm person. That came from living in Italy for a long time. Nothing works, nothing is on time. You have to learn to deal with it.

Students in the '60s were responsible for great changes, politically and socially.

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.

There is no more dramatic accessory than a perfect lip. It is the focus of the face and it has the power to define a woman's whole look.

Fashion creates a bit of a dream

I'm not designing clothes for someone who is doing lines of coke off the table, like I was when I was at Gucci and Saint Laurent

Banking types should take their cue from Gordon Gekko. Or pick the best-looking banker in their firm and copy him.

I couldn't have cared less about Gucci when I first went there - but soon after I arrived, I cared a lot.

We have the Terminator as governor, and we had an actor as president, so why shouldn't we have a fashion designer as a senator?

Your connections with other people are important, our connection to the earth.

September 11th was a moment when America had the sympathy of the world.

Oh my God, so many young girls now look like whores!

Only hire people you want to have dinner with.

I think the 1970s will always be the decade for me. Obviously, I grew up in that era, but the beauty standard was touchable, kissable.

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.

I'm actually very introverted. I'm very shy. I'm very emotional.

I thought I was fabulous and everyone else was stupid.

Both film and fashion are businesses where the audience doesn't feel or see the work that goes on behind the scenes.

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.

I think people who are attracted to the fashion industry are people who are really insecure and looking for a certain identity.

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.

I swore that I wouldn't be one of those parents who leaves a Bugaboo pram parked in the communal entry hall. Well guess what, ours is there right now.

If I had been a dog walker, I would have been the most successful dog walker in Paris.

It's hard not to be sexy in a pair of high heels.

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.

You never make it, especially in this industry where you constantly churn out stuff, things. You never finish.

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.

I guess I'm just one of these people who, when I decide I'm going to do something, I just do it.

You have to love what you do to the point that you can't imagine doing anything else with your life.

There's nothing wrong with ankles. But only if you're playing football in the park.

At home, off-duty, I wear T-shirts from Fruit of the Loom - but I have them tailored.

This sounds crazy, but I know so many famous people, I'm just not intimidated by anyone. I feel really comfortable with it.

Perfection is almost an illness with me, but sometimes I have moments where everything is absolutely clear and you can feel, rather than think.

I love black dresses. I think everyone should own a lot, but black dresses don't sell online because on the computer they don't read like anything.

I am not a person who is about reality. I am about enhanced reality.

My own sex life is very monogamous and happy ... just a happy married sex life!

I'm a perfectionist, to the point of insanity.

We live in a material world. I'm not saying that beautiful things don't enhance our lives. But, in our culture, we're never happy.

British men are peacocks. You see a lot more style on the streets here than you see anywhere else, on every level.

The world might be a very scary place if it were only run by Virgos.

It's not a feminizing product; it's designed to make your skin look better.

Dressing well is a form of good manners.

I don't want to find myself designing for the press.

There aren't many strong or charismatic candidates today, because many people can't withstand the scrutiny.

What works with your skin and eyes? Use that to zero in on your wardrobe.

Who are The Verne?
What are The Verne?
Where is The Verne's next adventure?

I find a bath meditative and usually prepare myself for the day in this manner.

She needs to have a few drinks and cry a little-then she'll be perfect.

Beyonce in real life is actually quite quiet and very sweet.

It's really never fair to judge people because none of us know what's going on inside anyone else's head.

It was like one of those dreams at high school when everyone else has clothes on except you.

If my parents had discouraged me, I would have turned out very differently. They raised me in an open-minded, liberal environment.

There are no right or wrong answers, There is only intuition

I don't work for money any longer. I work for pride.

Dressing well is an expression of manners.

When the youth of America gets together, amazing things happen.

I just want to make beautiful, glamorous clothes.

When I come home I actually take off all my clothes, and I wear no clothes until I leave. I eat naked. I do everything completely naked.

Style is very different from fashion. Once you find something that works, keep it.

Yes, I still take my baths all day long. They're meditative. I have three a day.

Tweeting? It's one of the silliest things ever.

From the time we're born until we die, we're kept busy with artificial stuff that isn't important.

Your name is a funny thing. It stands for what you're about, and everything I do is really about pride.

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.

Artists, like yourself, are born with a need to express that's just innate.

Keep your jacket buttoned. Always. It's just really flattering - it will take pounds off you.

Want girls to let you put your fingers in certain places? Get a manicure.

On the one hand, I want to go off and live in the desert with my dog and sculpt things out of adobe.

Never, ever, ever wear anything you are uncomfortable in. Because that is what you'll project: 'I look like a fool.'

I don't believe that clothes can start a revolution, but I do believe that fashion is often a manifestation of a sociological or political climate.

I think that they haven't been able to perfect a good facelift for a man.

Certain directors are known for a certain kind of beauty; it becomes their signature.

I like to just have fun and be silly and say pretty much whatever comes into my mind, do pretty much whatever I want.

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.

L.A. is my American city.

You have to be passionate, you have to be engaged and you have to be contributing to the world.

It's really about putting that sort of quality and beauty back into our life.

The dynamics of film directing and fashion design - in the ways that I've done it - were not dissimilar.

I hate tricky facial hair. If your facial hair is too spotty in places, shave. Just forget about it.

I'm a very serious person.

A lot of people think a high armhole is restrictive, but it gives you total movement because it's cut right up to your arm.

If it's not fun, I'm not going to do it.

Men don't wear fashion any more except in Italy and London. Americans have lost that.

I enjoy the speed of fashion. I love doing different things and I think I still have something valid to say in fashion.

Every season, really, has their own chemistry.

College campuses were once a hotbed of political activity.

When you find somebody good, keep them in your life.

Once upon a time we did not focus on a president's private life.

Skin bathed in summer sunset light is sultry and sublime. Every woman looks irresistible in its glow-relaxed and sensual.

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.

Dressing effectively is a kind of excellent manners.

I think that monogamy is artificial. I do not think it's something that comes naturally to us.

I'm a believer in fate and in fulfilling your destiny. I've always had a kind of inner voice that I have learned to listen to.

Time and silence are the most luxurious things today.

My customer has her own sense of style and knows herself well. My goal is to help women become the best version of themselves.

I'm extremely organized. The more things I have to work on and can bounce back and forth between, the more energized I am.

Real fashion change comes from real changes in real life. Everything else is just decoration.

Everyday is one less day.