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" It's not a good idea to match your shoes with a bag too stringently. Go for subtle similarity. "

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" If I eat at the Emporio Armani Caffe, my favorite thing to order is risotto or pasta with tomato sauce in winter; in summer, I prefer a Caprese salad, Parmigiano cheese flakes, or some truly fresh ricotta cheese. "

" The excitement does not change. After 40 years in the business, I still find the show to be a magical moment - the performance anxiety, the litmus test. "

" My work has taught me to pay great respects towards human beings. "

" When I started, I had nothing. Because my family was really, really, really poor. "

" I have never had anything to do with the kind of fashion that is influenced by the press or identified with the spirit of the season. My clients come for me; they come back each season for my spirit. That's the reality. "

" There are always protests, whether you do something good or bad. Even if you do something beneficial, people say you do it because it's advertising. "

" When I started Giorgio Armani in the mid-'70s, I realized that women needed a way to dress that was equivalent to that of men - something that would give them dignity, an attitude that would help them handle their work life. "

" I was an observer. I liked to listen rather than openly express myself. This trait is something that I've retained over the years. "

" Why do I put myself in a position to be cast aside or not considered as I would like to? Because I am a creative mind, because I still aspire to be one. "

" I believe that my clothes can give people a better image of themselves - that it can increase their feelings of confidence and happiness. "

" It is difficult to talk about fashion in the abstract, without a human body before my eyes, without drawings, without a choice of fabric - without a practical or visual reality. "

" I didn't have a happy childhood. "

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" That is always what I've had to do in life: to show I am capable of surviving. "

" These days, as I am older and wiser, I realize that there is a danger in becoming an icon, as people can see you as remote and untouchable, and they are less willing to tolerate you doing things that don't fit with their preconceived idea of you. "

" I must always try to do better because perfectionism, and the need to always have new goals and achieve them, is a state of mind that brings profound meaning to life. "

" Milan is a true metropolis: strong and fearless but welcoming, too. Little by little, I came to realize that I could become someone here. "

" I don't have a formula to pass on. I always did it my own way. Even today, I hold my independence close. It's what's most precious to me. Passion. Risk. Tenacity. Consistency. This is my professional history. "

" Without insecurities, I think one becomes a little bit of an idiot. "

" The essence of style is a simple way of saying something complex. "

" I wanted to dress the woman who lives and works, not the woman in a painting. "

" I prefer being around young people. I don't like situations from the past, definitely no nostalgia. I prefer to think of doing everything new with a different generation that has a different mentality. "

" I am not in the stock market. I am beholden to no one in what I do. If I spend billions on a fashion show, I spend billions. It's not public. And if I am in the stock market, I am obligated to account for things, and to show what the business is doing. "

" You can think you've made it and yet the next day's press will always be waiting for you, the public will always ask more of you. In short, you can always do better! "

" Jeans represent democracy in fashion. "

" There can be nothing without love. No money, no power. Love is very important. When you wake up in the morning, you need to know that somebody else is waking up, thinking of you. "

" To create something exceptional, your mindset must be relentlessly focused on the smallest detail. "

" My well-known aesthetic sense, which is so obvious and personal, spontaneously spurs me to challenge myself with different disciplines. "

" I've always thought of the T-shirt as the Alpha and Omega of the fashion alphabet. "

" I am happiest in public, working in my world. Then I can be the star. That I can do. When I am not working, I am more guarded, set apart. It's not my life, that. I like interactions, but interaction that is not forced. "

" I get really frustrated when people say that a collection is not very 'Armani.' Iconic status can be like a pair of handcuffs, especially if, like me, you wish to continually stretch yourself creatively, as Warhol did. "