55 Quotes by Edith Head

You can have whatever you want if you dress for it.

You can have anything you want in life if you dress for it.

Your dresses should be tight enough to show you're a woman and loose enough to show you're a lady.

What a costume designer does is a cross between magic and camouflage. We create the illusion of changing the actors into what they are not. We ask the public to believe that every time they see a performer on the screen he's become a different person.

Fashion is a language. Some know it, some learn it, some never will - like an instinct.

I've dressed thousands of actors, actresses and animals, but whenever I am asked which star is my personal favorite, I answer, 'Grace Kelly.' She is a charming lady, a most gifted actress and, to me, a valued friend.

There's no such thing as a standard size movie star, or woman for that matter.

My motto is that the audience should notice the actors, not the clothes.

Before you are interviewed for the job you want, try on the complete outfit you intend to wear.