Quotes By Tom Ford

When I was a little kid, all I wanted to do was to escape what I thought was the country and get to a city. Probably film and television had influenced me so much, I really thought the key to happiness was living a very artificial life in a penthouse in New York with martini glasses.

From the time we're born until we die, we're kept busy with artificial stuff that isn't important.

The U.S. used to be perceived as the moral leader of the world, and we have absolutely lost that.

I'm actually very introverted. I'm very shy. I'm very emotional.

There aren't many strong or charismatic candidates today, because many people can't withstand the scrutiny.

We have the Terminator as governor, and we had an actor as president, so why shouldn't we have a fashion designer as a senator?

I just want to make beautiful, glamorous clothes.

I don't want to find myself designing for the press.

September 11th was a moment when America had the sympathy of the world.

Once upon a time we did not focus on a president's private life.

I don't do shows. I don't have reviews. I'm not putting the clothes on every celebrity so that by the time they reach the store the customers are sick of seeing them.

When the youth of America gets together, amazing things happen.

If my parents had discouraged me, I would have turned out very differently. They raised me in an open-minded, liberal environment.

When I was a kid, I thought I was going to be an actor.

On the one hand, I want to go off and live in the desert with my dog and sculpt things out of adobe.

As a fashion designer, I was always aware that I was not an artist, because I was creating something that was made to be sold, marketed, used, and ultimately discarded.

Students in the '60s were responsible for great changes, politically and socially.

Most everyone now personally knows someone who is openly homosexual.

I think the 1970s will always be the decade for me. Obviously, I grew up in that era, but the beauty standard was touchable, kissable.

But as an adult working in the fashion industry, I struggle with materialism. And I'm one of the least materialistic people that exist, because material possessions don't mean much to me. They're beautiful, I enjoy them, they can enhance your life to a certain degree, but they're ultimately not important.

I think that monogamy is artificial. I do not think it's something that comes naturally to us.

I'm a very serious person.

I enjoy the speed of fashion. I love doing different things and I think I still have something valid to say in fashion.

My grandmother was probably the first person who I thought was beautiful. She was incredibly stylish, she had big hair, big cars. I was probably 3 years old, but she was like a cartoon character. She'd swoop into our lives with presents and boxes, and she always smelled great and looked great.

L.A. is my American city.

College campuses were once a hotbed of political activity.