Valentino Garavani Quotes

Elegance is the balance between PROPORTION, EMOTION & SURPRISE.

I know what women want. They want to be beautiful.

Only wear clothes that make you feel alive.

When I entertain at home, I take time and pleasure in the small details that make all the difference. Entertaining is about giving to people and sharing with them.

I am especially grateful that I have been able to keep my own style over the decades, in spite of the many changes that have taken place in the world of fashion and in its business.

There are only three things I can do - make a dress, decorate a house, and entertain people.

I put the number 7 on my t-shirt because this is the number of my championships but also because it was the number of Barry Sheene, who was a great hero of mine and a truly great racer.

I am like a freight train. Working on the details, twisting them and playing with them over the years, but always staying on the same track.

An evening dress that reveals a woman's ankles while walking is the most disgusting thing I have ever seen.

I like things simple.

My normal life is like being on holiday.

I hope people will say, 'Mr. Valentino, he did something for fashion, no?

Even as a young boy, my passion was to design, and I have been very lucky to be able to do what I have loved all my life. There can be few greater gifts than that.

I have my favourite fashion decade, yes, yes, yes: 60s. It was a sort of little revolution; the clothes were amazing but not too exaggerated.

I didn't like the '80s at all; it was a vulgar moment of fashion.

I am always locked in my design studio.

I love the 2000s because everyone started to love haute couture.

It is a big problem and so I don't know for sure if I say yes or no to Ferrari.

I love my beauty. It's not my fault.

My title rivals are behind me but at the moment I am not thinking about that. My target is to finish on the podium and then well see where everybody else is.

I am happy that thousands of students, young designers and fashion people will be able to see and study my work in every aspect of it.

I am Valentino Rossi. If I stay in MotoGP it is to try to win. When that is not possible it is time to stay at home and work in the garden!

I always enjoyed myself a lot in pre-school.

I hope people will say, 'Mr. Valentino, he did something for fashion, no?'