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

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

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

" My work today is perceived as being classic, but when I first started out, it was a break from the norm. Since then, I have continued to reinvent myself. I don't change my style, but I allow it to evolve. "

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

" Actually I am very glad that people can buy Armani - even if it's a fake. I like the fact that I'm so popular around the world. "

" I love things that age well - things that don't date, that stand the test of time and that become living examples of the absolute best. "

" I prefer to look at a natural woman. A woman should be courageous to become older, not desperate to look younger than her age. "

" I design for real people. I think of our customers all the time. There is no virtue whatsoever in creating clothing or accessories that are not practical. "

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

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

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

" These designers have no reserve. They've chosen a path and thrown themselves onto it head first, regardless of everything. Whether or not their designs are sellable or vulgar. As long as it's new and people talk about it. That is the truth. "

" 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! "

" There are so many things to take into account - your ambition, your ego, the press, the consumers. You can never be sure that you'll be on top of the pile again. "

" I didn't have a happy childhood. "

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" Jeans represent democracy in fashion. "

" 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. "

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

" In the fashion world, you have to make clothes to sell. You have to make clothes for the press. You have to make clothes for yourself. What I mean is, everything is an obligation. But a writer? A pure artist? Maybe he doesn't make one lira - but he does what he wants. "

" I have always considered that my collection must have an international flair so it can be at the service of the European public. Or to people in Asia. Yes, there are tiny little alterations I notice in the proportions of the outfits, but fundamentally, the collection is that way. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "