121 Quotes by Kenneth Cole

I find that people look to personalize their fashion alternatives.

What's so great about this industry is that you have to be able to reinvent yourself every day.

Often people ask me about getting involved in service and philanthropy, and my first advice is: Make sure it's real and it's transparent.

My first AIDS campaign was in 1985. There was this dark cloud, everybody was socially inspired - we hadn't seen social consciousness like that since the '60s - but most people were talking about hunger in Africa. Nobody was talking about this really ominous circumstance here in the U.S. because of this fear of stigma.

Asking people for money is a hard thing to do. But helping people do the right thing is not hard. So I often call people up and suggest ways they can spend their money to make a meaningful impact, and I don't feel I've asked them for money.

What people are consuming is what things represent. It's people defining themselves through what they wear.

We are trying to speak to the consumer by their lifestyle.

Over the years, I have found a way to use this business and this platform to talk with people about important issues. To the degree you can bring a sense of purpose to what you do, it makes the relationship with the customer that much more meaningful and purposeful.

None of what I do is political. My messages are social and human messages. In many cases, they've been politicized but they are so much bigger than that.