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

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

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

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

I'm a very serious person.
Tom Ford

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

L.A. is my American city.
Tom Ford

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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