Valentino Garavani Quotes
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I know what women want. They want to be beautiful.
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I love my beauty. It's not my fault.
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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.
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There are only three things I can do - make a dress, decorate a house, and entertain people.
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An evening dress that reveals a woman's ankles while walking is the most disgusting thing I have ever seen.
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I didn't like the '80s at all; it was a vulgar moment of fashion.
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My first year, people were interested in me because I was new. Then the press started to come.
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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.
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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.
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I love the 2000s because everyone started to love haute couture.
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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.
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I hope people will say, 'Mr. Valentino, he did something for fashion, no?'
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!