Top 33 Giorgio Armani Quotes

I must always try to do better because perfectionism, and the need to always have new goals and achieve them, is a state of mind that brings profound meaning to life.

I must make decisions every five minutes and give the impression of being sure of myself! Sincerely, this is the cause of my verbal violence.

The excitement does not change. After 40 years in the business, I still find the show to be a magical moment – the performance anxiety, the litmus test.

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.

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.

My work today is perceived as being classic, but when I first started out, it was a break from the norm. Since then, I have continued to reinvent myself. I don’t change my style, but I allow it to evolve.

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.

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

I was an observer. I liked to listen rather than openly express myself. This trait is something that I’ve retained over the years.

I believe that my clothes can give people a better image of themselves – that it can increase their feelings of confidence and happiness.

I have never had anything to do with the kind of fashion that is influenced by the press or identified with the spirit of the season. My clients come for me; they come back each season for my spirit. That’s the reality.

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.

There can be nothing without love. No money, no power. Love is very important. When you wake up in the morning, you need to know that somebody else is waking up, thinking of you.

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.

It is difficult to talk about fashion in the abstract, without a human body before my eyes, without drawings, without a choice of fabric – without a practical or visual reality.

Never in my wildest dreams did I entertain the idea that I would become a fashion designer.

Without insecurities, I think one becomes a little bit of an idiot.

Actually I am very glad that people can buy Armani – even if it’s a fake. I like the fact that I’m so popular around the world.

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

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

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.

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

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.

My work has taught me to pay great respects towards human beings.

I design for real people. I think of our customers all the time. There is no virtue whatsoever in creating clothing or accessories that are not practical.

My well-known aesthetic sense, which is so obvious and personal, spontaneously spurs me to challenge myself with different disciplines.

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.

This is the problem with the world today: Nobody wants to take risks, to risk being themselves.

You have to have doubts. I have collaborators I work with. I listen, and then I decide. That’s how it works.

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.

I prefer to look at a natural woman. A woman should be courageous to become older, not desperate to look younger than her age.

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.

I’ve always thought of the T-shirt as the Alpha and Omega of the fashion alphabet.