Valentino Garavani Quotes

• Elegance is the balance between PROPORTION, EMOTION & SURPRISE.

  Valentino Garavani

  Balance, Emotion, Surprise

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• Only wear clothes that make you feel alive.

  Valentino Garavani

  Clothes, Alive, Feels

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  I know what women want. They want to be beautiful.

  Valentino Garavani

  Beautiful, Fashion, Want

  "Valentino: A Stylish Career Laid Bare". "All Things Considered" with Jacki Lyden, www.npr.org. April 19, 2009.

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• I love my beauty. It's not my fault.

  Valentino Garavani

  Faults

  Twitter post from Dec 18, 2015

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• I am like a freight train. Working on the details, twisting them and playing with them over the years, but always staying on the same track.

  Valentino Garavani

  Years, Track, Details

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• I am especially grateful that I have been able to keep my own style over the decades, in spite of the many changes that have taken place in the world of fashion and in its business.

  Valentino Garavani

  Fashion, Taken, Grateful

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• My normal life is like being on holiday.

  Valentino Garavani

  Inspirational, Holiday, Life Is Like

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• An evening dress that reveals a woman's ankles while walking is the most disgusting thing I have ever seen.

  Valentino Garavani

  Fashion, Dresses, Ankles

  "Fictional character: Valentino Garavani". "The Last Emperor", 2008.

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• When I entertain at home, I take time and pleasure in the small details that make all the difference. Entertaining is about giving to people and sharing with them.

  Valentino Garavani

  Home, Differences, People

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• There are only three things I can do - make a dress, decorate a house, and entertain people.

  Valentino Garavani

  People, House, Dresses

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• I like things simple.

  Valentino Garavani

  Inspirational, Simple

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• I hope people will say, 'Mr. Valentino, he did something for fashion, no?

  Valentino Garavani

  Fashion, People, Valentino

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• I have my favourite fashion decade, yes, yes, yes: 60s. It was a sort of little revolution; the clothes were amazing but not too exaggerated.

  Valentino Garavani

  Fashion, Clothes, Littles

  Harper's Bazaar Interview, www.harpersbazaar.com.au. August 10, 2010.

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• Even as a young boy, my passion was to design, and I have been very lucky to be able to do what I have loved all my life. There can be few greater gifts than that.

  Valentino Garavani

  Passion, Boys, Design

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• French people are charming, adorable but not extremely generous with foreigners, but they believe in what they do. I feel proud in exchange because what I did in restoration is something I did for La France.

  Valentino Garavani

  Believe, Adorable, People

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• Very few designers today design - it's very important to be able to do your own sketch on paper and then explain [your vision] to the fabric cutters. Instead, lots of designers drape - it's the new way.

  Valentino Garavani

  Design, Vision, Important

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• I have a lot of energy after 2 A.M. I like to sleep in the morning. I have some problems at the start of the day.

  Valentino Garavani

  Morning, Sleep, Energy

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I put the number 7 on my t-shirt because this is the number of my championships but also because it was the number of Barry Sheene, who was a great hero of mine and a truly great racer.

  Valentino Garavani

  Hero, Numbers, Championship

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• I love the 2000s because everyone started to love haute couture.

  Valentino Garavani

  Haute Couture, Couture

  Interview with Marion Hume, www.harpersbazaar.com.au. August 10, 2010.

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• I am happy that thousands of students, young designers and fashion people will be able to see and study my work in every aspect of it.

  Valentino Garavani

  Fashion, People, Able

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• I always enjoyed myself a lot in pre-school.

  Valentino Garavani

  Sports, School, Pre School

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I didn't like the '80s at all; it was a vulgar moment of fashion.

  Valentino Garavani

  Fashion, Moments, Vulgar

  Interview with Marion Hume, www.harpersbazaar.com.au. August 10, 2010.

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• I am Valentino Rossi. If I stay in MotoGP it is to try to win. When that is not possible it is time to stay at home and work in the garden!

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  Home, Winning, Garden

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• Unfortunately, the greatest photographers don't pay extreme attention to the clothes. If they decide to put a dress in a bathtub or in front of a cow in the countryside with dirt everywhere, well, the dresses come back... ready to be put in the garbage.

  Valentino Garavani

  Clothes, Dresses, Attention

  Harper's Bazaar Interview, www.harpersbazaar.com.au. August 10, 2010.

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• My title rivals are behind me but at the moment I am not thinking about that. My target is to finish on the podium and then well see where everybody else is.

  Valentino Garavani

  Thinking, Titles, Target

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