Isaac mizrahi quotes

I'd love to talk to Joaquin Phoenix because he's a very private guy. Also, he's creating a new kind of sexy leading man. To me, his face is new and might be legendary someday.

A gift to mankind; the next Elizabeth Taylor in the making

I think that 60 percent of inspiration is organization.

I don't want to offend people.

Half the time I don't even think about it, I just throw something on because I'm so late or so busy.

What you do, you don't think of as a product

This is what I like about being a designer: You can't really get it until you see it.

There is one common philosophy, one thing that you can do no matter who you are or what you look like: You can actually get passionate instead of remaining cool or instead of trying to look like everybody else. You can - you must - immerse yourself passionately in who you are if you want to have style.

I equate peonies with love because they're the first blooms of summer.

I'd love to talk to Angelina Jolie. On my show I would love her because she's a mysterious, mysterious figure.

I have a lot of obligations.

You know what makes me teary? Goya. Goya makes me cry.

If you feel something in your heart, if you have a vision for it, then it's no longer a risk.

How do I do it? I don't know how I wouldn't do it-that's the thing.

Where is the real low thing? Where are the jelly shoes that you find that are sick because they’re so great…Everything has air quotes around it now.

If you try to have a fashion show with Bach fugues and John Coltrane, it doesn't really work.

People say it's really the press who create those soundbites about fashion. That's what sells magazines and clothes.

The more relaxed you can get, the better you'll do

I encourage you to stop saying, "I just want to look not so bad" and instead say, "I want to look fabulous."

The reason people like to watch ball games is because they don't really know exactly what's going to happen from moment to moment. That's why you watch the entire thing

Even though I grew up as a Sephardic Jew in Brooklyn where we ate Syrian food and went to temple, it was still America.

Just when I think I hate fashion, I hate clothes, I'm seized by this crazy thing that I have to do. I have this little studio now where I just draw. I can be in the room for three days and not even look up

You listen to Handel operas, right? And there are a thousand of them, right? And they all sound alike. If I look back on my work, maybe it's the same thing.

There are so many images out there, so many clothes out there, and the only ones that look interesting to me are the ones that look slightly mistaken.

To me, you can't have style without being inspired. When I design a collection, I am inspired by so many things. The color of a flower. The shape of a butterly's wing. The juxtaposition of an old tenement building next to a shiny new skyscraper.

There's no reason for unhappiness if you're living with nice design.

You're not working with models, you're working with real women who have, like, anatomy. Models do not have anatomy

The key to looking great in the evening is to look original. Try to look different from others without looking out of place. When everyone else is wearing black, stand out in a bold, bright color. When everyone else is wearing dress that falls to the floor, shock them with a short gold brocade suit. But try not to overdo it. Focus on one thing: Will it be a statement neckclace, a stunning pair of earrings, or really big hair? You decide.

The last thing I want to become is one of those talking heads where everything is satiny smooth and you know what the next question is going to be

A mutt is couture-it's the only one like it in the world, made especially for you.

It's no wonder we know how to dress; we've spent centuries in closets.

Most of my life I was occupied with American television and American food. My ethnicity was my choice. It still is

In Paris, it used to feel like you were living in a museum. As beautiful as it was, it's still limited. But here you have just everything.

50s cheesecake meets Eskimo fake fur.

The moon is such a planet, I can’t even stand it. What else is it if it’s not a planet?

I'm not trying to be the next Joan Rivers.

Flirting is conversational chemistry.

You don't necessarily live for the moment; you live for hope-what you're going to get, what you're going to say, what you're going to think.

If I just do it, it will take less time than telling someone what I'm thinking, and have them free associate, and then come back to me and I'll hate it and I'll have to redo it.

I'm so involved in melancholy.

I'm all about exuberance. We only have one short life to live, and we shouldn't waste it being tasteful.

Color is like food for the spirit - plus it's not addictive or fattening.

I don't like people to feel completely described by the clothes they wear of mine. I want them to feel that they're describing themselves.

Mick Jagger, his face was very new. It became a sex symbol

Style makes you feel great because it takes your mind off the fact that you're going to die.

What if Woody Allen called me and said, I'm working on this movie and there's a really divine role for you. We want exactly you! It would be such a fantasy. Forget it! My idol, Woody Allen!

A bathroom should be sterile and beautiful and functional. It should exude Japanese-style purity.

When people ask, Do you like children? I always say, I like some children, yes. Some children I don't like.

All I want are high heels, high heels. If I was a girl, I'd wear a lot of high heels. High, stiletto heels.

Remember this: No one is looking at your imperfections; they're all too busy worrying about their own.

When someone says you can't do what you know you can do, then you can't do anything

You know who a role model for me is? George Ballanchine

Sometimes I'm really dressed up, and it really turns me on

You can't be melancholy in fashion because people don't respond to it.