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

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

" 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 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. "

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

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

" The idea of the museum is to show my work since the start, and I wanted to show all of it, not just to choose between different pieces. They are grouped together in themes - minimalism, androgyny, black and white, graphic, flowers, and so on - from the earliest designs to the most recent ones. "

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" You have to have doubts. I have collaborators I work with. I listen, and then I decide. That's how it works. "

" I must make decisions every five minutes and give the impression of being sure of myself! Sincerely, this is the cause of my verbal violence. "

" 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. "

" Anyone who is passionate about what they do will have a better chance of connecting with future generations than those who simply follow transient trends. At least their work will have a distinctive character, and this is what people respond to, I believe. "

" This is the problem with the world today: Nobody wants to take risks, to risk being themselves. "

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

" I don't like women who follow fashion in the sense of becoming victims of it. I like women who have elegance, who have allure, who use fashion, rather than the other way around. "

" 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! "

" China approaches fashion with strong enthusiasm. And I believe that this enthusiasm can be translated into something interesting, economically speaking. Not only for my brand, but also for other brands. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" My relationship with Paris began when I was working for Cerruti in the mid-1960s. When there was an important event in his store, Nino Cerruti very kindly took me with him. I was fascinated, and the city made a big impression on me. "

" I started to take care of my body after I turned 50. I never liked how I looked physically because I was too cute, short, with coloring only on my cheeks, the perfect little nose, and then the blue eyes. I was a hit with girls, who told me it was like I was in Technicolor. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" This is very much my philosophy as a fashion designer. I have never believed in design for design's sake. For me, the most important thing is that people actually wear my clothes. I do not design for the catwalk or for magazine shoots - I design for customers. "

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

" I would say that my idea of style and my taste are the same as when I began: They express my deep appreciation of all that is simple and linear... I always want to keep up with the times but without altering the essential characteristics of my philosophy. "

" The more successful I become, the more I want to remain like me, with my defects and insecurities. "