31 Giorgio Armani Quotes for You to Enjoy

Giorgio Armani

Italian Designer

Born: Jul 11, 1934

Always Fashion Me People Work You

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To create something exceptional, your mindset must be relentlessly focused on the smallest detail. Giorgio Armani

Mindset Relentlessly Focused Must Detail Something Exceptional Smallest Create Your

I don't have a formula to pass on. I always did it my own way. Even today, I hold my independence close. It's what's most precious to me. Passion. Risk. Tenacity. Consistency. This is my professional history. Giorgio Armani

Marketing is not a nice word, but the world is about marketing now. Giorgio Armani

World Word Nice Marketing About Now

Anyone who is passionate about what they do will have a better chance of connecting with future generations than those who simply follow transient trends. At least their work will have a distinctive character, and this is what people respond to, I believe. Giorgio Armani

Work Future Character People Better Will Believe Trends Distinctive Those Respond Future Generations Follow About Better Chance Simply Generations Least Passionate Than Anyone Transient Who Connecting Chance

This is very much my philosophy as a fashion designer. I have never believed in design for design's sake. For me, the most important thing is that people actually wear my clothes. I do not design for the catwalk or for magazine shoots - I design for customers. Giorgio Armani

Fashion Me People Important Clothes Design Philosophy Wear Magazine Never Most Most Important Thing Important Thing Sake Very Shoots The Most Important Customers Much Fashion Designer Believed Actually Thing Designer

I started to take care of my body after I turned 50. I never liked how I looked physically because I was too cute, short, with coloring only on my cheeks, the perfect little nose, and then the blue eyes. I was a hit with girls, who told me it was like I was in Technicolor. Giorgio Armani

Me Eyes Care Girl Cute Too Only Physically Perfect Coloring Take Never Take Care Like Liked Cheeks Looked Because How Hit Blue Blue Eyes Short Nose After Little Turned Then Body Who Started

The essence of style is a simple way of saying something complex. Giorgio Armani

Saying Simple Style Way Complex Something Simple Way Essence

I am happiest in public, working in my world. Then I can be the star. That I can do. When I am not working, I am more guarded, set apart. It's not my life, that. I like interactions, but interaction that is not forced. Giorgio Armani

Life World My Life Guarded More Like Forced Am Interaction Interactions Happiest Apart Public Then Working Star Set

I would say that my idea of style and my taste are the same as when I began: They express my deep appreciation of all that is simple and linear... I always want to keep up with the times but without altering the essential characteristics of my philosophy. Giorgio Armani

I get really frustrated when people say that a collection is not very 'Armani.' Iconic status can be like a pair of handcuffs, especially if, like me, you wish to continually stretch yourself creatively, as Warhol did. Giorgio Armani

In practice, I've had a presence in China since 1998 with my commercial spaces and shops. Giorgio Armani

Practice Had Since Commercial Shops Spaces China Presence

China approaches fashion with strong enthusiasm. And I believe that this enthusiasm can be translated into something interesting, economically speaking. Not only for my brand, but also for other brands. Giorgio Armani

Fashion Strong Enthusiasm Believe Other Approaches Something Only Economically Also Brand Brands China Interesting Translated Speaking

I wanted to dress the woman who lives and works, not the woman in a painting. Giorgio Armani

Woman Painting Dress Wanted Who Works Lives

I'm a very private person, and perhaps this can be mistaken for aloofness. Giorgio Armani

Perhaps Mistaken Private Private Person Very Person

In the fashion world, you have to make clothes to sell. You have to make clothes for the press. You have to make clothes for yourself. What I mean is, everything is an obligation. But a writer? A pure artist? Maybe he doesn't make one lira - but he does what he wants. Giorgio Armani

Fashion You Yourself Obligation World Pure Clothes Everything Press Writer He Make Does Sell Artist Maybe Wants Mean Fashion World

My relationship with Paris began when I was working for Cerruti in the mid-1960s. When there was an important event in his store, Nino Cerruti very kindly took me with him. I was fascinated, and the city made a big impression on me. Giorgio Armani

Me Relationship Made Important Big Took City Kindly Paris Him His Impression Began Very Store Working Fascinated Event

If I eat at the Emporio Armani Caffe, my favorite thing to order is risotto or pasta with tomato sauce in winter; in summer, I prefer a Caprese salad, Parmigiano cheese flakes, or some truly fresh ricotta cheese. Giorgio Armani

Winter Cheese Summer Favorite Favorite Thing Eat Some Armani Fresh Salad Truly Pasta Order Prefer Tomato Thing Sauce

The more successful I become, the more I want to remain like me, with my defects and insecurities. Giorgio Armani

Me Become Insecurities More Remain Like Want Successful Defects

I have always considered that my collection must have an international flair so it can be at the service of the European public. Or to people in Asia. Yes, there are tiny little alterations I notice in the proportions of the outfits, but fundamentally, the collection is that way. Giorgio Armani

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