Oscar De La Renta Quotes

The qualities I most admire in women are confidence and kindness.

Regardless of how good or bad a collection might be, it's a letdown after the show is over. It's done. Something you've worked on for months is just over.

Be the designer of your own destiny.

It’s not about what you wear, but about how you live your life

You have to appreciate every single day that you're alive. Life is a little bit like a garden - you have to find time to plant the seeds for beautiful flowers to grow.

Every day you have to reinvent yourself

A fragrance is like a signature, so that even after a woman leaves the room, her fragrance should reveal she's been there.

Fashion is about dressing according to what's fashionable. Style is more about being yourself.

Walk like you have three men walking behind you.

Silk does for the body what diamonds do for the hand.

A woman makes an outfit her own with accessories.

Things never happen on accident. They happen because you have a vision, you have a commitment, you have a dream.

The well dressed man never stands out in a crowd; his elegance sets him apart.

Elegance is a discipline of life.

A runway is spectacle. It’s only fashion when a woman puts it on.

When I was a boy, I thought scent was contained in dewdrops on flowers and if I got up very early in the morning, I could collect it and make perfume.

My great strength is knowing who I am and where I come from - my island.

The great thing about fashion is that it always looks forward.

I want to make clothes that people will wear, not styles that will make a big splash on the runway.

If you wear a different perfume every day, I do not recognize you.

Luxury to me is not about buying expensive things; it's about living in a way where you appreciate things.

You don't need an introduction to succeed in life. You need to have good work. Work hard. Believe in yourself

Fashion is a trend, style is within a person.

If you don’t move, you get stale.

I’ve lived every day to the fullest, and I’ve had a marvelous time. I’ve tried to be nice to the people I care about, and ignore the ones I don’t. I enjoy what I’ve done.

The essence of style is how you live your life

I always think the best way to dress is when the person notices you first and the dress after.

Love. Be curious. Always try to do your best.

I hate pretty. It’s a very empty word. It gives a bad name to beauty.

We live in an era of globalization and the era of the woman. Never in the history of the world have women been more in control of their destiny.

Gardening is how I relax. It's another form of creating and playing with colors.

The most important thing? Perfect lighting at all times.

Now is the most exciting time in fashion. Women are controlling their destiny now, the consumer is more knowledgeable, and I have to be better every single day.

If you want to establish an international presence you can't do so from New York. You need the consecration of Paris.

I love to live well, I love to eat well, I love to buy beautiful things, and to give a fantastic time to my friends.

I'm a very restless person. I'm always doing something. The creative process never stops.

We're dealing with sophisticated customers. What's most important to these women is individuality. I have to create things she'll want to wear, no matter who she is.

In fashion, the most important thing is to move on.

I am not interested in shock tactics. I just want to make beautiful clothes.

My job as a designer is to make a woman feel her very best.

There is always an emotional element to anything that you make.

I like light, color, luminosity. I like things full of color and vibrant.

I do not have one theme for each season, I just try to make beautiful clothes all year round.

Any girl from any walk of life dreams of that special dress, and I try to make that dream a reality for her.

It's important to excite the imagination of a woman.

I don't really know how to do casual clothes.

Women are born free, and I think that they should stay that way.

Nothing says spring like hand-cut flowers.

And smile, you know I always tell the girls to smile because I hate sad faces.

When a woman falls in love with something so much that she wants to wear it- it is at that point that it becomes fashion.