175 Quotes by Giorgio Armani

There are always protests, whether you do something good or bad. Even if you do something beneficial, people say you do it because it’s advertising.

I didn’t have a happy childhood.

I’ve always worked. I have always been too responsible. But I don’t know how to live any other way. I think that this discipline was also demanded of me by my work.

It is difficult to talk about fashion in the abstract, without a human body before my eyes, without drawings, without a choice of fabric – without a practical or visual reality.

I’ve tried to find a new elegance. It’s not easy because people want to be shocked. They want explosive fashion. But explosions don’t last, they disappear immediately and leave nothing but ashes.

When I go on my boat or to my vacation houses, where I still unfortunately spend very little time, I don’t go with the celebrities I know but with a close group of friends and people who have worked with me for a long time.

It would be very hard for me to do things somebody else’s way.

You have to have doubts. I have collaborators I work with. I listen and then I decide. That’s how it works.

I don't have a formula to pass on. I always did it my own way. Even today, I hold my independence close. It's what's most precious to me. Passion. Risk. Tenacity. Consistency. This is my professional history.