Best 84 quotes of Carolina Herrera on MyQuotes

I walk in the park every day, and when people come and ask for a photograph, I say, "Oh, my God!" It means they recognize that I have been doing something right and they want to have a photograph taken with me.

I want women to choose something that makes them feel empowered and fantastic and admired by many people.

I want women to really look like women from today. It's not from the past and not from the future, because I don't know what happens in the future. It is the woman of today (who) I think is a seductive woman.

I was brought up with considerable discipline, and I was taught it wasn't proper to display certain very private emotions in public.

I was schooled at home, then didn't go to university because I married when I was 17. I didn't go into work until late in my life.

Life is hard. It is not too short, it is too long. But you have to learn how to live; you have to have a sense of humour.

Mistakes in life teach you how to succeed because you want to try again and do it better.

Money doesn't buy elegance. You can take an inexpensive sheath, add a pretty scarf, gray shoes, and a wonderful bag, and it will always be elegant.

Most people travel with a good book, but I also keep my agenda with me; I'll flip through the pages and take a few moments to organize my life a little - I rarely get the time to do this normally.

My family - my husband, my daughters, my grandchildren, my great-grandchildren, all of them - are the most important thing in the world to me.

One thing about my mother is that she has her taste: She knows what she likes and what looks good. It's not studied. There is no insecurity in what she is going to wear, and I think that translates into effortlessness. Her career has been a steady rise, and it hasn't been about the fashion of the moment. It's been because she has kept to her style. She didn't go grunge when it was grunge, or 70's when it was 70's. It's about being secure with what you like and not worrying about what's in fashion that particular day. That's what I admire about her.

People confuse vulgar and naked with sexiness. You want the mystery!

People get nervous accessorising, but there is nothing wrong with adding a belt or a pair of shoes in another colour.

Politics are private. I don't understand people who try to convince you to join one party or another.

Queen Elizabeth of England is the real fashion icon of the century. And she has a sense of humor.

Something you wore three months ago, maybe you don't wear it again. I am a great believer that if something looks very good on you, you can wear it again, and it's not the end of the world.

Sometimes I'm a psychiatrist and I tell people in my office that my door is open, and if they have a problem to come and talk to me. Sometimes I say, "I have to close the door because I don't want to hear it!

The '70s were full of creativity. Everybody was so unique. It was a very creative period, and I think to be a designer you have to know a little about art and literature and music because there is inspiration in all of these things. You're looking for beauty but also something that makes sense.

The difference between fashion and art is that fashion is art in movement.

The first painting that I realised I liked was 'The Garden of Earthly Delights' by Hieronymus Bosch, when I was six years old, at the Prado in Madrid. I still find myself returning there every time I'm in the city.

The little black dress must be luxurious, rich, sensual, diaphanous, exotic, severe, lush, demure, demanding, frivolous, amusing, and it must linger in memory, but above all, it must be simple and little and black.

There have been a lot of changes [in the fashion industry], of course. You just have to accept it and be strong.

Unfortunately, there's a lot of confusion today over what is sexy and what is vulgar. It's horrifying. They say, 'Oh, that girl is so sexy,' and she turns around and the dress is four sizes too small. Or she's wearing so much stuff, you wonder how long it took her to get ready.

When I was living in Los Angeles, I always booked a moisturizing milk-and-honey massage the day before flying to Spain. It was heaven - I never got dry plane skin or felt stiff from sitting in one position.

When you do something that you like, and you think you can keep doing it, you don't think about retiring.

When you work in fashion, you need to work as a team. You cannot do anything on your own.

You cannot forget about your femininity. You don't have to compete with men in that respect.

You can't wait for people to tell you; you have to know yourself.

You can wear them with anything. It's the person and the way that they wear it that makes it different. I have been designing white shirts forever, but I don't get tired of it.

You have to be a psychiatrist too, especially in fashion. A psychologist and a psychiatrist together.

You have to find your own style, and it's difficult to define what style is. It's not what you're wearing; it's how you wear it. It's something very personal, and it reflects the way you live and your house, the books you read, the art you have.

You have to have a full-length mirror in your house so you can see what is missing and what you have to add to your look.

You have to have curiosity in life. The moment you don't have any more curiosity, then don't do anything. Retire and stay in your house.

You never forget people who make you laugh.