"The dynamics of film directing and fashion design - in the ways that I've done it - were not dissimilar."
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"We have to have genius creative thoughts precisely four times a year and on exact dates. I actually write them on my calendar. I write, 'Friday, Nov. 8. Three o'clock. Have a genius creative idea.'"
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"Your connections with other people are important, our connection to the earth."
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"Banking types should take their cue from Gordon Gekko. Or pick the best-looking banker in their firm and copy him."
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"I swore that I wouldn't be one of those parents who leaves a Bugaboo pram parked in the communal entry hall. Well guess what, ours is there right now."
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"A lot of people think a high armhole is restrictive, but it gives you total movement because it's cut right up to your arm."
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"Your name is a funny thing. It stands for what you're about, and everything I do is really about pride."
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"For Fleur de Chine, I imagined the romantic and mysterious women from Asia's cinematic past-from the '30s femme fatale in a cheongsam and dark lipstick, to the'60s Hong Kong heroine of In the Mood for Love. I wanted to capture that fascinating, exquisite and slightly scandalous femininity."
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"Give me the control, don't ever come on the set, and I'll show it to you when it's cut."
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"Fashion is very quick. It's very disposable. It's immediately - it tells you exactly where we are in our culture, especially women's fashion."
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"In fashion as in life, the right thing at the right time is the right thing. The right thing at the wrong time is the wrong thing."
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"A beautiful woman in our culture, and I would like to say, you know, this was different in 1962, but it still exists today - I know a lot of these women -treats different in a different way; meaning that if you're a beautiful woman, you're incredibly powerful within our culture. The world operates differently for you. Then, at a moment in time, and it has nothing to do with you, it's like the carpet is just ripped out from under you, and the way that you've operated in the world no longer works."
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"I grew up in New Mexico, and the older I get, I have less need for contemporary culture and big cities and all the stuff we are bombarded with. I am happier at my ranch in the middle of nowhere watching a bug carry leaves across the grass, listening to silence, riding my horse, and being in open space."
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"It's really about putting that sort of quality and beauty back into our life."
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"I think some journalists and bloggers want their articles to be clever, and the way into that is by writing nasty things. I think our culture likes to be mean. I don't just find this in fashion - I find it in the news. More and more, it is about ripping people apart."
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"I am great at delegating when someone is doing great work. The problem - and this sounds terrible - is that there are very few people who are strong enough for you to be able to delegate to."
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"Certain directors are known for a certain kind of beauty; it becomes their signature."
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"L.A. is my American city."
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"I'm a pretty calm person. That came from living in Italy for a long time. Nothing works, nothing is on time. You have to learn to deal with it."
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"I think we're very uptight in America. You have to remember that we're descended from Puritans. Whether or not the country is now composed of immigrants, our culture as American really begins with the landing of the Pilgrims and a puritanical view of things."
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