40 Inspiring Giorgio Armani Quotes (FASHION)

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

I love things that age well - things that don't date, that stand the test of time and that become living examples of the absolute best. — I love things that age well – things that don’t date, that stand the test of **time** and that become living examples of the absolute best.

Elegance is not catching somebody's eyes, it's staying in somebody's memory. — Elegance is not catching somebody’s eyes, it’s staying in somebody’s **memory**.

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

The difference between style and fashion is quality.

Individual style is the correct balance of knowing who you are, what works for you, and how to develop your own personality.

Acknowledge the elegance of simplicity. — Acknowledge the elegance of **simplicity**.

A perfume is more than an extract it is a presence in abstraction. A perfume, for me, is a mystique.

A well-maintained physique is a great business card. Ideas and intelligence are what matters, but if you have a well-maintained physique, it's better. — A well-maintained physique is a great business card. Ideas and intelligence are what matters, but if you have a well-maintained physique, it’s better.

13 Inspirational Giorgio Armani Quotes on Style and Fashion

“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

A woman should always dress to be remembered, not simply to be noticed.

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

Elegance does not catch the eye. It stays in memory.

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

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

It's not a good idea to match your shoes with a bag too stringently. Go for subtle similarity. — It’s not a good idea to match your shoes with a bag too stringently. Go for subtle similarity.

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

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

I don't like women who follow fashion in the sense of becoming victims of it. I like women who have elegance, who have allure, who use fashion, rather than the other way around. — I don’t like women who follow fashion in the sense of becoming victims of it. I like women who have elegance, who have allure, who use fashion, rather than the other way around.

I believe that style is the only real luxury, that is really desirable. — I believe that style is the only real **luxury**, that is really desirable.

I like to think that I can introduce people to the idea of simplicity and elegance.

Emphasize comfort without compromise. — Emphasize comfort without **compromise**.

14 Giorgio Armani Quotes on Life and Success

“Cinema is a form of magic that’s hard to resist. I have often wondered what my life would have been without films. Surely, I would not have become the man and designer that I am today.”
Giorgio Armani

I fear chaos and unruliness… Structure allows me to move freely and productively, because I can monitor everything.

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 liberated men and women from many constrictions, turning into the sartorial companion of an epochal change. — I liberated men and women from many constrictions, turning into the sartorial companion of an epochal **change**.

Remain true to yourself and your philosophy. Changing in the face of adversity will in fact diminish your credibility with your customers. — Remain true to yourself and your **philosophy**. Changing in the face of adversity will in fact diminish your credibility with your customers.

Creative work gives you an almost indissoluble connection with people.

I think that everyone has the right to fall in love at any age. But in life, you have to learn how to control your emotions. You must know self-discipline. — I think that everyone has the right to fall in **love** at any age. But in life, you have to **learn** how to control your emotions. You must know **self-discipline**.

Milan is a true metropolis: strong and fearless but welcoming, too. Little by little, I came to realize that I could become someone here.

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

You can think you've made it and yet the next day's press will always be waiting for you, the public will always ask more of you. In short, you can always do better! — You can think you’ve made it and yet the next day’s press will always be waiting for you, the public will always ask more of you. In short, you can always do better!

Why do I put myself in a position to be cast aside or not considered as I would like to? Because I am a creative mind, because I still aspire to be one.

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

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

“I prefer being around young people. I don’t like situations from the past, definitely no nostalgia. I prefer to think of doing everything new with a different generation that has a different mentality.”
Giorgio Armani