Giorgio Armani

I don't have a formula to pass on. I always did it my own way. Even today, I hold my independence close. It's what's most precious to me. Passion. Risk. Tenacity. Consistency. This is my professional history. ”

In practice, I've had a presence in China since 1998 with my commercial spaces and shops. ”

I must always try to do better because perfectionism, and the need to always have new goals and achieve them, is a state of mind that brings profound meaning to life. ”

That is always what I've had to do in life: to show I am capable of surviving. ”

I am happiest in public, working in my world. Then I can be the star. That I can do. When I am not working, I am more guarded, set apart. It's not my life, that. I like interactions, but interaction that is not forced. ”

Never in my wildest dreams did I entertain the idea that I would become a fashion designer. ”

I am not in the stock market. I am beholden to no one in what I do. If I spend billions on a fashion show, I spend billions. It's not public. And if I am in the stock market, I am obligated to account for things, and to show what the business is doing. ”

To create something exceptional, your mindset must be relentlessly focused on the smallest detail. ”

I believe that my clothes can give people a better image of themselves - that it can increase their feelings of confidence and happiness. ”

I wanted to dress the woman who lives and works, not the woman in a painting. ”