42 Quotes by Riccardo Tisci

I didn’t know I was going to become a designer; I was going to become a successful person, but I really wanted to be free.

I didn’t invent hot water. But when I approach menswear, I do it in a very honest way. And my menswear and womenswear are very similar, in the sense that I put men in leggings and lace shirts.

Anything I do, I do with my heart. This is why I sometimes get very upset or sometimes get very personal when I’m working.

The aborigines in Australia, the way they dress is very honest; it’s not about: “Oh, you wear a skirt, you’re gay.”

My life has changed financially and I have a name, but I try to never forget people on my journey.

In the beginning I didn’t want to do a menswear collection. It felt a little forced. And then I found that it was an amazing world.

We didn’t have a television, so we sat around the table, and me and my sisters and my mom would do these jobs, like, a penny for a piece, you know, these paper jobs. You know, what really saved me as a human today is my sisters and my mom.

I think my heart is in a very good place. And I think this is why I’m achieving what I’ve been asking to do in the universe for so long.

I can give a beautiful present, and that may change the lives of people around me.