Best 80 quotes of Oscar De La Renta on MyQuotes

Although I have no plans to tweet, I am fascinated by developments on the Internet.

And smile, you know I always tell the girls to smile because I hate sad faces.

Any girl from any walk of life dreams of that special dress, and I try to make that dream a reality for her.

A runway is spectacle. It’s only fashion when a woman puts it on.

As far as preference between fall and spring collections, I have none that I prefer to design. With fall you have a lot more items, but of course I am from the Dominican Republic, so I love the warm weather.

A woman plays such an active role in society. And today, the woman who influences fashion is not that very rich woman who sits at home and polishes her nails. It's the one who works, who is a doer, who does things by dressing. She's very strongly projecting an image of herself as an individual.

A woman today knows that the power of her femininity is very important.

Be the designer of your own destiny.

Elegance is a discipline of life.

Every season I am inspired by women.

Excess is not really something I consider a bad thing; especially when you are talking about living.

Fashion is about dressing according to what's fashionable. Style is more about being yourself.

Fashion is a trend, style is within a person.

Fashions change and with rare exception are forgotten by the public. But the classic fragrances, like an invisible dress, endure. Fragrance must be introduced properly. A fragrance is like a signature, so that even after a woman leaves the room, her fragrance should reveal she's been there.

Gardening is how I relax. It's another form of creating and playing with colors.

I adore gardening, and whenever I have time off, that is my passion.

I always say: To be well dressed you must be well naked.

I always tell this story: When I started, the woman went to the store to buy a dress. She saw it in pink and red, and then she remembered that the husband, who is probably going to pay for the dress, loves it in pink. So she buys the pink. Today, the same woman goes to the store and remembers the husband likes pink, and she buys the red.

I always think the best way to dress is when the person notices you first and the dress after.

I am not interested in shock tactics. I just want to make beautiful clothes.

I come from a very warm island, where colors are very important, very vibrant, and obviously the color has been an influence on my work.

I do not have one theme for each season, I just try to make beautiful clothes all year round.

I don't really know how to do casual clothes.

If you don’t move, you get stale.

If you have the right to call me a hot dog why do I not have the right to call you a stale 3-day old hamburger?

If you want to establish an international presence you can't do so from New York. You need the consecration of Paris.

If you wear a different perfume every day, I do not recognize you.

I hate pretty. It’s a very empty word. It gives a bad name to beauty.

I love to live well, I love to eat well, I love to buy beautiful things, and to give a fantastic time to my friends.

I'm a happy fellow. I feel very privileged, lucky, that I have had a wonderful life. And that I have been always allowed to do what I love.

I'm a very restless person. I'm always doing something. The creative process never stops.

In fashion, the most important thing is to move on.

I think the greatest reward I have is getting up and going to work each day. I love what I do.

I’ve lived every day to the fullest, and I’ve had a marvelous time. I’ve tried to be nice to the people I care about, and ignore the ones I don’t. I enjoy what I’ve done.

I want to make clothes that people will wear, not styles that will make a big splash on the runway.

I would like better to be known as the Godfather of Fashion, with all the implications that that word has.

Luxury to me is not about buying expensive things; it's about living in a way where you appreciate things.

My approach is that fashion must always be optimistic, and that a woman will always be enticed by beautiful clothes.

My beloved Hillary, do not disappoint me. You have to be President, OK?

My customers are successful workingwomen.

My entire concept of lifestyle is built on the foundation of my homes. There is no more important expression of this concept than that of my own personal living space.

My great strength is knowing who I am and where I come from - my island.

My wife said I look like a Latin American dictator. I said, 'That's what I am'

Never,ever confuse what happens on a runway with fashion. A runway is spectacle. It's only fashion when a woman puts it on. Being well dressed hasn't much to do with having good clothes. It's a question of good balance and good common sense.

Nothing is contrived. At night, the clothes should pour like liquid over the body.

Nothing says spring like hand-cut flowers.

Now is the most exciting time in fashion. Women are controlling their destiny now, the consumer is more knowledgeable, and I have to be better every single day.

One should travel as light as possible. I can organize myself to go on a ten-day trip with just hand luggage.

Online media is increasingly influential in fashion.

Regardless of how good or bad a collection might be, it's a letdown after the show is over. It's done. Something you've worked on for months is just over.