Ralph Lauren Quotes

People ask how can a Jewish kid from the Bronx do preppy clothes? Does it have to do with class and money? It has to do with dreams.

I think the accessories look very modern and very exciting. These big earrings, these big hoops. I think the girls are sort of falling in love with... collars, neck collars.

My wife Ricky is my muse. Her personal style and natural beauty have always been my inspiration.

Each day is an occasion to reinvent ourselves

Style is very personal. It has nothing to do with fashion. Fashion is over quickly. Style is forever.

Fashion is not necessarily about labels. It's not about brands. It's about something else that comes from within you.

Personal style is about taking a risk, trying something unexpected, and having fun with fashion, but always being true to yourself.

What I do is about living. It's about living the best life you can and enjoying the fullness of the life around you- from what you wear, to the way you live, to the way you love.

Personal style is about a sense of yourself, a sense of what you believe in and wearing what you like.

Enjoy your family. Do things that you like to do. Stay strong. That's the secret to remaining happy.

I don't design clothes, I design dreams.

I believe one can live many lives through personal style. Every day is an occasion to reinvent yourself

I'm interested in longevity, timelessness, style - not fashion.

Fashion is transient, trends come and go. I believe in style, not fashion.

For me, style is about quality, integrity and timelessness. It is free of trends but always feels fresh and new.

I have always loved things that are timeless and get better with age.

Fashion is a function of lifestyle, and style a function of quality, integrity and timelessness.

I didn't have a vision as in, This is where I'm going. I had a vision as in, "This is what I love to do."

I never said to myself, "I'm going to be the greatest." I just wanted to do my own thing.

I believe in style, not fashion.

It's the kind of clothes that mothers and daughters can wear, in terms of concept... It's not about age. It's about taste, and it's about lifestyle. I believe women of all ages can wear anything.

It’s easier to follow fashion than it is to have personal style.

Black is not as good as Purple.

You have to create something from nothing.

Every time I design clothes, I'm making a movie.

The clothes that I design and everything I've done is about life and how people live and how they want to live and how they dream they'll live. That's what I do.

I've never wanted to be in fashion. Because if you're in fashion, you're going to be out of fashion.

I have a vision for living. It's about elements of style. It's about all the things that I love, that I believe in.

I never went to fashion school. I didn't know what a designer was. I knew I had something, but I didn't know what it was. And it could just have easily been nothing.

I was very influenced by movies; I was very influenced by a world that had a sense of dream.

I exercise at the gym with a trainer. I feel it's very healthy, very important - important for everybody. I feel it's good for you. It makes you feel better. It loosens you up a little bit.

I'm a fan of people that have quality, that do what they do and that are not into the showbiz.

I have always done what I love myself. My philosophy was that I never had focus groups. I did what I wear.

I don't like the word ['classic']. It makes you think we didn't do any work.

My life has been a dream. If someone had to write a story about it, it would seem a little unreal. It's the kind of story I would read and say, 'Nah, that's not possible.'

We all have to fight to maintain our unique style and taste in a world that would have us conform.

My day is pretty much busy. I do 15 million things in the course of a day. I'm holding up I think. I don't know how I look, but I think I'm holding up.

Love the fun of clothes, not the status of fashion.

Our kitchen is warm; it's who we are. And it has everything. Honestly, I could get rid of the rest of the house and just live in the kitchen.

I'm designing what I want. If it's a man's coat with a pair of skinny-leg jeans, I'll do that. It's whatever my mood is. But it's about style, and it's about an understated taste that's cool.

I think the people who work with me are people who love style themselves. I'm leaving the office and they're still working. They're passionate.

Some days I have a knot in my stomach because I've got to sit down and come up with something in womenswear that no one else came up with.

Having success at an early age gave me more of a sense of what's important in life rather than always driving to make it.

I like magazines. I love to look at a magazine. But the magazines have got to get better. Everything pushes someone else to get better. So the Internet pushes the magazines.

They know they're going to look beautiful, and I don't think women should look like costumes. They shouldn't look like fashion victims.

I think I'm very fortunate to be born in America. And lucky to be able to have lived and had the opportunity to do what I want to do.

As I started to buy cars, I didn't know that I was building a collection. I just wanted the cars I was dreaming about. Once you drive a good one, it is like having a fever.

And I'm excited when I find somebody stimulating to talk with. That's one of the great treasures in life.

Invention is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration. Thomas Edison I don't design clothes, I design dreams.

The best thing you can do is go away from this saying, 'I can do this too,' because it's all possible and I'm living proof.