Tom Ford Quotes And Sayings

September 11th Was A Moment When America Had The Sympathy Of The World.

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?

Once Upon A Time We Did Not Focus On A President's Private Life.

When I Was A Little Kid, All I Wanted To Do Was To Escape What I Thought Was The Country And Get To A City. Probably Film And Television Had Influenced Me So Much, I Really Thought The Key To Happiness Was Living A Very Artificial Life In A Penthouse In New York With Martini Glasses.

There Aren't Many Strong Or Charismatic Candidates Today, Because Many People Can't Withstand The Scrutiny.

I Enjoy The Speed Of Fashion. I Love Doing Different Things And I Think I Still Have Something Valid To Say In Fashion.

I Just Want To Make Beautiful, Glamorous Clothes.

On The One Hand, I Want To Go Off And Live In The Desert With My Dog And Sculpt Things Out Of Adobe.

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 Am Totally Fearless! Well, Of Course, I'm Not Totally Fearless. I Worry Constantly And Obsess Over Things, But I Just Don't Let Fear Stand In The Way Of Doing Something That I Really Want To Do.

Do You Know How Rare It Is In Parts Of America To Actually See 'An Outfit'? France? I Don't Want To Be Anti-french, But There Isn't A More Unattractive Group Of People On The Streets.

Tweeting? It's One Of The Silliest Things Ever.

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 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.

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.

The Most Important Thing Is To Cleanse And Moisturise Your Face Twice A Day. Use Eye Drops. If Your Eyes Are White, You Look Healthy; You Look Fresh. Every Man Should Have A Magnifying Mirror. If You Look Good Magnified, You Are Set To Go.

There's A Different Kind Of Comfort That Comes From Knowing That You Are Putting Your Best Foot Forward. It's Called Psychological Comfort. Look At A Picture Of The Coney Island Boardwalk In 1925. Men Were In Full-on Three-piece Suits, Hats. They May Have Only Had One Suit. But They Pressed It. They Made It Look As Good As Possible.

What Works With Your Skin And Eyes? Use That To Zero In On Your Wardrobe.

I Hate Tricky Facial Hair. If Your Facial Hair Is Too Spotty In Places, Shave. Just Forget About It.

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.

I Hate Going Out For Lunch During A Workday Because It Slows Down My Pace And Ruins My Rhythm. I Prefer To Eat At My Desk. Actually, I Wander Around The Design Studio With A Plate In My Hand As I Dine On, For Example, Salmon Sashimi And A Salad Of Tomatoes And Mozzarella. I Often Have A Bit Of Dark Chocolate After Lunch.

I Was Not Popular. I Was The Kid In School That Was Bullied.

It's Really Never Fair To Judge People Because None Of Us Know What's Going On Inside Anyone Else's Head.

As A Designer, Design Director Or Any Creative Person, You Have To Hire Great People, Support Them And Make Them Feel Comfortable So They Can Contribute And Give You Their Best.

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.

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 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.

I Understand That I Have A Certain Look That Can Be Used To My Advantage. I Know The Power Of That When I Walk Into A Room And Talk To People, And I Can Use It As An Advertising Tool. Now I Am Actually Selling Me, My Face, My Thoughts. So I Am My Guy.

The U.s. Used To Be Perceived As The Moral Leader Of The World, And We Have Absolutely Lost That.

I Haven't Had Any Plastic Surgery - Despite What People Think, This Is My Nose. I Have Had Restylane And Botox, But I Don't Think Of That As Plastic Surgery Any More.

Most Everyone Now Personally Knows Someone Who Is Openly Homosexual.

This Sounds Crazy, But I Know So Many Famous People, I'm Just Not Intimidated By Anyone. I Feel Really Comfortable With It.

I'm Actually Very Introverted. I'm Very Shy. I'm Very Emotional.

I Don't Want To Find Myself Designing For The Press.

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.

When I Was A Kid, I Thought I Was Going To Be An Actor.

When I Read About Young Designers Selling 51 Percent Of Their Company To Someone Else, I Cringe. I Want To Say, 'Don't Do It - Call Me First.'

My Grandmother Was Probably The First Person Who I Thought Was Beautiful. She Was Incredibly Stylish, She Had Big Hair, Big Cars. I Was Probably 3 Years Old, But She Was Like A Cartoon Character.

I Don't Do Shows. I Don't Have Reviews. I'm Not Putting The Clothes On Every Celebrity So That By The Time They Reach The Store The Customers Are Sick Of Seeing Them.

Fashion Is Much More Collaborative Than One Might Think. You Have To Have An Idea And Vision, And You Have To Communicate That Vision To A Team Of People, And You Have To Create An Environment That Allows Those People To Give The Best That They Can Give.

Beyonce In Real Life Is Actually Quite Quiet And Very Sweet.

There's Nothing Wrong With Ankles. But Only If You're Playing Football In The Park.

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.

The Dynamics Of Film Directing And Fashion Design - In The Ways That I've Done It - Were Not Dissimilar.

It's Like Everything In Your Life Is Wonderful, But You Have So Much Wonderful - This Is All Going To Sound Horrible - But When You Have So Much Wonderful, It Isn't Wonderful Because You Don't Actually Have Time To Enjoy It.

You Never Make It, Especially In This Industry Where You Constantly Churn Out Stuff, Things. You Never Finish.

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.

I Think That They Haven't Been Able To Perfect A Good Facelift For A Man.

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.

Fashion Is Harder Than The Film Industry. You Have To Constantly Be Able To Crank Out Hit After Hit After Hit On Demand And On A Very Tight Calendar. I've Come Back, I've Lost It, I've Come Back Again. It's Really As Good As Your Last Collection.