Tom Ford Quotes

I'm a very serious person.
Tom Ford

Person, Serious

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

Emotional, Actually, Shy

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

Time, Important, Busy

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

Parents, Liberal, Turned

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

Today, Strong, Scrutiny

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

Amazing, Together, Happen

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.
Tom Ford

Fashion, Used, Artist

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.
Tom Ford

Life, Beautiful, Struggle

College campuses were once a hotbed of political activity.
Tom Ford

Political, College, Once

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

Find, Press, Designing

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

Love, Different, Enjoy

I just want to make beautiful, glamorous clothes.
Tom Ford

Beautiful, Clothes, Glamorous

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

Naturally, Monogamy, Artificial

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.
Tom Ford

Beauty, Era, Standard

L.A. is my American city.
Tom Ford

Most everyone now personally knows someone who is openly homosexual.
Tom Ford

Someone, Everyone, Knows

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

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

Life, Time, Focus

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

History, Sympathy, America

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

Great, Changes, Students

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

Lost, Leader, Moral

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?
Tom Ford

Fashion, Why, President

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

Thought, Actor, Kid

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.
Tom Ford

Time, Sick, Seeing

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.
Tom Ford

Great, Beautiful, Character

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Nationality: American

Born: August 27, 1961

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