125 Quotes by Isaac Mizrahi

This, I think, is what occurs when a woman sees a shoe or bag or hat that she feels she must have. She doesn’t think, Oh my god, I wish that were me. She thinks, Oh my god, that is so me. She doesn’t want it because she’s aspiring to be someone she’s not; she wants it because she already feels like that woman on the inside.

Just when I think I hate fashion, I hate clothes, I’m seized by this crazy thing that I have to do. I have this little studio now where I just draw. I can be in the room for three days and not even look up.

The more relaxed you can get, the better you’ll do.

I’m so involved in melancholy.

You know who a role model for me is? George Ballanchine.

I’m not trying to be the next Joan Rivers.

This is what I like about being a designer: You can’t really get it until you see it.

To me, you can’t have style without being inspired. When I design a collection, I am inspired by so many things. The color of a flower. The shape of a butterly’s wing. The juxtaposition of an old tenement building next to a shiny new skyscraper.

I don’t like people to feel completely described by the clothes they wear of mine. I want them to feel that they’re describing themselves.