96 Quotes by Andre Leon Talley

I love Russian culture. I don’t know the young Russia, I’m not at all familiar with young Russia, but the old school Russia is good enough for me for the moment.

I don’t tear down. I prefer to build up.

Drekitude is the lowest point in the lowest ebb. It could be your look. It could be your shoes. It could be that you’re standing wrong. Drek is a total, total, total hot mess.

I just need green. I need to wake up and see grass and squirrels. I don’t want to see skyscrapers.

I do believe there’s a heaven. I do believe that God has given me the resilience and the survival skills to withstand the chiffon trenches.

When I have interns, I always say, ‘Handwritten thank-you notes can make a difference.’ People remember that – not an e-mail, a handwritten note in an envelope.

The late Estee Lauder says you can never wear white shoes after Labor Day. But of course, in today’s world, that does not exist.

I personally go to the airport looking like a homeless person, because I think people will leave me alone. But I dress myself with my luggage – all my luggage matches.

I love people – it is not the fashion, it is the people in fashion I love.