Tom Ford Quotes

I don't believe that clothes can start a revolution, but I do believe that fashion is often a manifestation of a sociological or political climate.

I'm a perfectionist, to the point of insanity.

There is no more dramatic accessory than a perfect lip. It is the focus of the face and it has the power to define a woman's whole look.

Your name is a funny thing. It stands for what you're about, and everything I do is really about pride.

A lot of people think a high armhole is restrictive, but it gives you total movement because it's cut right up to your arm.

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.

It's not a feminizing product; it's designed to make your skin look better.

Students in the '60s were responsible for great changes, politically and socially.

We have to have genius creative thoughts precisely four times a year and on exact dates. I actually write them on my calendar. I write, 'Friday, Nov. 8. Three o'clock. Have a genius creative idea.'

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 creates a bit of a dream

I don't work for money any longer. I work for pride.

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.

I swore that I wouldn't be one of those parents who leaves a Bugaboo pram parked in the communal entry hall. Well guess what, ours is there right now.

Your connections with other people are important, our connection to the earth.

L.A. is my American city.

While fashion is exciting because it changes all the time, it is also fleeting. Film, though, is forever. In a way therefore, film is the ultimate design project.

It was like one of those dreams at high school when everyone else has clothes on except you.

Certain directors are known for a certain kind of beauty; it becomes their signature.

We are living in a material world, so why not live with something beautiful?

I have a driver in London because I am slightly dyslexic and cannot drive in the U.K.; after all, the traffic runs the opposite way to that in the United States.

Most everyone now personally knows someone who is openly homosexual.

The U.S. used to be perceived as the moral leader of the world, and we have absolutely lost that.

I enjoy the speed of fashion. I love doing different things and I think I still have something valid to say in fashion.

If it's not fun, I'm not going to do it.

In the early Seventies, I had shoulder-length hair, bell-bottom pants, love beads and shirts that laced up at the front. But then I smartened up.

I'm very aware that when my friends and I sit around over dinner these days, the conversation invariably turns to how crass the world has become. Tweeting? It's one of the silliest things ever.

In fashion as in life, the right thing at the right time is the right thing. The right thing at the wrong time is the wrong thing.

I hate tricky facial hair. If your facial hair is too spotty in places, shave. Just forget about it.

Fashion is very quick. It's very disposable. It's immediately - it tells you exactly where we are in our culture, especially women's fashion.

It's really about putting that sort of quality and beauty back into our life.

There's nothing wrong with ankles. But only if you're playing football in the park.

I like putting on a suit. I like putting on a tie.

Banking types should take their cue from Gordon Gekko. Or pick the best-looking banker in their firm and copy him.

Part of fashion is newness. It's got to be a new combination of elements that's shocking-stunning-beautiful all at the same time. But it doesn't have any emotion.

I'm actually very introverted. I'm very shy. I'm very emotional.

Tweeting? It's one of the silliest things ever.

I don't want to find myself designing for the press.

Give me the control, don't ever come on the set, and I'll show it to you when it's cut.

Fashion is ruthless the way every three months you have to think about everything all over again.

I am great at delegating when someone is doing great work. The problem - and this sounds terrible - is that there are very few people who are strong enough for you to be able to delegate to.

I hope people will put aside Tom Ford the fashion designer and think about Tom Ford the filmmaker.

One of my favorite teams of all time is Fran and Barry. I just thought Fran and Barry last season were just incredible and they just sort of went against all odds and were very successful.

If you don't need to quit drinking, you shouldn't quit drinking. I used to really love to drink, and especially living in London, it's just built for drinking.

I never want to retire until the day I drop dead. I want to work and work and work because work, I don't do for money, I do for love. And I love to work.