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

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

" We've become a little spoiled with menswear in particular because, of course, we've come off a period in the '70s and '80s when Armani, which is very soft, dominated menswear. And we've become obsessed with comfort. I actually don't like that. "

" What 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. "

" I was bullied every day at school because I carried a briefcase. I could have left it at home. But I thought it looked great! I didn't understand why anyone else didn't think so. "

" 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. "

" A lot of the things I did - it's not going to sound anything but egotistical - if I'm lucky and I did the right thing, they will be at Zara way before I can get them in the store, and I don't like that. "

The Right Thing

" I love to design. I am a commercial fashion designer. I always design jackets with two sleeves. I don't design jackets with three sleeves, or the layers and layers come off like little dolls from Russia. Fashion for me is a creative endeavor, but it is not art for me. "

" I think we're very uptight in America. You have to remember that we're descended from Puritans. Whether or not the country is now composed of immigrants, our culture as American really begins with the landing of the Pilgrims and a puritanical view of things. "

" I told myself that I would not come back to women's fashion until I felt I had something new to say. I feel that fashion has become too serious and that the actual customer's needs have not really been addressed. Fashion needs to make one happy. It is a luxury and should enhance one's quality of life. "

" 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. "

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

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

" A man should never wear shorts in the city. Flip-flops and shorts in the city are never appropriate. Shorts should only be worn on the tennis court or on the beach. "

" There are many designers who have much greater talent as a designer than I do, but they may not have my drive, they may not work as hard, they may not have the focus, the desire... You have to have a talent because, at the end of the day, if the pants you design don't make someone's butt look great, they're not going to buy them. "

" I don't work for money any longer. I'm fortunate enough not to need to work for money, but I work for pride; I work because I love to work, and so the idea that one could lose control of one's own name and that things could be produced with your name on that you were not proud of scared me. "

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

" 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? "

" I went to a fashion show, and this silver-haired guy was staring at me with these piercing water-blue eyes. It scared me because I absolutely saw and knew my entire future. "

" My own skin-care ritual is quite simple and straightforward; I don't like a lot of fuss, surprisingly. My products are designed to make you look and feel better. I think there are a lot of men out there who want and need the same products. "

" When I was a kid, I thought I was going to be an actor. "

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

" I think people who are compelled to achieve never really think they've achieved... I think the moment you get to a place when you think 'Oh I'm a fashion legend' then that's when you're no longer competitive in your field. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I think you should suffer sometimes to be attractive and beautiful, so I cut the clothes very slim because I like to feel the clothes on my body. "

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

" College campuses were once a hotbed of political activity. "