33 Quotes by Phillip Lim

You can make jeans and a t-shirt super stylish. It's what you make of it, you know?

When people ask about inspirations, and you're like 'oh, it was a flower or a mountain or a pony', some people just think you're insane. I'm worried to come across that way.

My mother has become my daughter and I've become her guardian.

I don't have a life where it's galas, posh affairs. It's me, my dog and a sofa. And a TV.

I'm really a classicist at heart - with a bit of madness!

You know, for myself, my personal journey has been a very fortunate one and I would say to people it's like the stars lined up and the skies opened up and the sun shined and I met the right people - was at the right time. And, most importantly, you know I love what I do.

I started in college as a business major and finally transferred to home economics and studied making clothes.

I try to always have flowers in the house. I have a florist in Chinatown, and they deliver orchids every two weeks. I like living with living things.

Just because you work in the fashion industry, it doesn't mean you live your life in fashion.