Andre Leon Talley Quotes

The most luxurious item is a beautiful bed and beautiful, simple sheets.

I just need green. I need to wake up and see grass and squirrels. I don't want to see skyscrapers.

Luxury is...to be able to take control of one's life, health, and the pursuit of happiness in a way that is joyful.

I love people - it is not the fashion, it is the people in fashion I love.

Some days are good; some days are not so good. Some days are really exciting. Some days are just tedious. You just have to get up out of bed.

People need to be edited; life needs to be edited. I need to be edited.

Drekitude is the lowest point in the lowest ebb. It could be your look. It could be your shoes. It could be that you're standing wrong. Drek is a total, total, total hot mess.

The zenith of elegance in any woman's wardrobe is the little black dress, the power of which suggests dash and refinement.

I don't tear down. I prefer to build up.

People love fashion exhibits because they can fantasize. They can respond to a dress even if they can never wear a dress like that.

Beauty is health. Health is beauty.

I do believe there's a heaven. I do believe that God has given me the resilience and the survival skills to withstand the chiffon trenches.

Money isn't everything, but it is when you start thinking about putting money away for your retirement days.

I personally go to the airport looking like a homeless person, because I think people will leave me alone. But I dress myself with my luggage - all my luggage matches.

I know what it is like to be brought up with unconditional love. In my life that came from my grandmother.

Uggs can be as chic as heels for women.

Wearing clothes should be a personal narrative of emotion. I always respond to fashion in an emotional way.

I love Russian culture. I don't know the young Russia, I'm not at all familiar with young Russia, but the old school Russia is good enough for me for the moment.

I'm so sick of mermaid dresses, trains, borrowed bling-bling, and a pose.

When I have interns, I always say, 'Handwritten thank-you notes can make a difference.' People remember that - not an e-mail, a handwritten note in an envelope.

I only take risks in couture, but I don't take risks in athleticism.

Waiting in line for something mundane is very boring. Waiting for my doctor to see me and waiting for my dentist to see me, yes, that is boring.

You come to Paris, you get true originality, and it's wonderful.

In my day you didn't speak until spoken to.

You cannot live your life in the elitist world of fashion and not step out or you're disconnected. You have to realize that fashion is not the endgame.

There is room in today's world for men to wear dresses.

It's always great to have things from France at a wedding. It's symbolic of style, of culture, of taste.

I'm usually at home and in bed by 10 o'clock. I do not want to be out at anybody's New Year's Eve party.

I only watch MSNBC for the news.

The late Estee Lauder says you can never wear white shoes after Labor Day. But of course, in today's world, that does not exist.

Fashion illustrator Antonio Lopez was a major part of my early career.

Reality TV, although I'm a part of it, I think reality TV is a terrible thing.

Like Hillary Clinton before her, Mrs. Obama has always been a working woman. She is a lawyer turned hospital administrator turned political right hand. It is a unique resume.

I always feel comfortable, basically in any situation except perhaps airports.

Snooki and Honey Boo Boo. These are big celebrities in the U.S. You want to throw up.

On 9/11, that morning, I was in a Christian Dior Couture appointment at the Hotel Pierre.

It's incorrect to assume you can be a fashion editor because you blog, if you don't have experience to look at fashion in a professional way.

I don't understand the world of the Internet. I just type up on my computer.

I think it's important that models be healthy.

I suppose the most daring thing I've ever done is try to water ski. And that was not successful.

First Ladies have always been held like specimens under a media microscope.

I have 4 bedrooms in my house. 1 is for guests, the other 3 are for closets.

The little black dress expresses a moment of freedom and individuality every time.

Valentino made my day suit for the wedding of Paloma Picasso in Paris.

I will sit in the car on the way to a meeting and just smile. I really mean that. It helps you get through life. If you have nothing to say, smile. Look up at the sky and smile. Just be grateful.