I never really liked Italy. 'Lots of cement' is my long-standing quote.

Are there a lot of designers that matter? The industry hasn’t got a litmus test any more. The whole thing has imploded. Watch it die, like the banking industry

A lot of people believe that you don't need to know the history and that creates newness. I disagree: we should always be informed and then destroy it.

I often ask students: 'Is this what you would show Tom Ford?' and they say: 'No, we'd have done more work' or 'We'd have dressed better.' So I say: 'Why don't you do that here?'

When they first arrive, really, my eyes bleed! It's only when they're about to leave that they become people you might want to know.

I'm the terrorist, do what I say or I'll terrorize you.

The treasures in my house are books.

In every endeavour, we need God’s grace.

That which is chiefly the office of a general, to force the enemy into fighting when he finds himself the stronger, and to avoid being driven into it himself when he is the weaker...

One must live the way one thinks or end up thinking the way one has lived.

Let those who, still in their youth, have preserved their faith and fullness of hope, keep looking up.

I tend to get sounds that sound a little bit wrecked.

We ran out of talent tonight. The guys played as hard as they could, as long as we could.

Being successful is kind of dull.

You can only do so many things great, and you should cast aside everything else.