Quote

It would be very hard for me to do things somebody else's way.

Giorgio Armani

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Giorgio Armani
Age: 90
Born: 1934
Born: July 11
Entrepreneur
Fashion Designer
Somebody
Else
Hard
Way
Things
Would

More quotes by Giorgio Armani

Image
I've always worked. I have always been too responsible. But I don't know how to live any other way. I think that this discipline was also demanded of me by my work.
Giorgio Armani
Image
I know that people who have been closely involved with my work for many years are terrified of having to answer to someone else, someone who is not me, and that it won't be me to help them in their problems. This is my real problem.
Giorgio Armani
Image
There are always protests, whether you do something good or bad. Even if you do something beneficial, people say you do it because it's advertising.
Giorgio Armani
Image
Sports will always be important in global culture, and so fashion, as a reflection of cultural trends, will always incorporate influences from sports.
Giorgio Armani
Image
The difference between style and fashion is quality.
Giorgio Armani
Image
It was a long time ago, we were in the office, and we had finished work exhausted. A friend of a friend said 'Hey, take this it will give you energy,' so I thought I'd try it. I didn't know what it was. It made me laugh and laugh, like crazy...to the point that my back hurt' *he holds his hips* 'like I'd just had a baby.
Giorgio Armani
Image
When I go on my boat or to my vacation houses, where I still unfortunately spend very little time, I don't go with the celebrities I know but with a close group of friends and people who have worked with me for a long time.
Giorgio Armani
Image
I find that fashion recently has been a little too hasty. Often times, it's put together quickly to catch the attention of the media, and I didn't want to do that.
Giorgio Armani
Image
My success was also owed to career women who maybe had big legs or ample thighs, who felt well-protected by my fluid clothing that hid their flaws.
Giorgio Armani
Image
That is what [Andy] Warhol portraits do: They elevate the subject into an icon of the pop culture he was documenting.
Giorgio Armani
Image
I've always had a great interest in sports that embody the values of commitment, hard work and teamwork - all values I strongly believe in.
Giorgio Armani
Image
The interesting thing about basketball is that it is played recreationally all over the world in playgrounds where people shoot hoops. Perhaps it is because of this that the look of the game seems to have been able to cross over into streetwear more easily than that of some sports that are confined to more specialist arenas.
Giorgio Armani
Image
War taught me that not everything is glamorous.
Giorgio Armani
Image
To create something exceptional, your mindset must be relentlessly focused on the smallest detail.
Giorgio Armani
Image
Luxury is obviously the direction that interests me the most, but there is a lot of confusion between luxury and exhibitionism. For me, the concept of luxury is more traditional, more exclusive, more sophisticated than luxury for the masses.
Giorgio Armani
Image
Elegance is not catching somebody's eyes, it's staying in somebody's memory
Giorgio Armani
Image
I sensed that women wanted to be a little different. My fluidity gave them a way of interpreting their bodies in a more personal, individual way.
Giorgio Armani
Image
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
Image
Emphasize comfort without compromise.
Giorgio Armani
Image
I've tried to find a new elegance. It's not easy because people want to be shocked. They want explosive fashion. But explosions don't last, they disappear immediately and leave nothing but ashes.
Giorgio Armani