I think that's what you and I have in common, Donatella Versace, that careful balance. It makes me proud to be an… — Riccardo Tisci Balance Copy Share Image
I used to hate to go to school, because when it was Friday afternoon and everybody was finished school, I knew I… — Riccardo Tisci Copy Share Image
The aborigines in Australia, the way they dress is very honest; it's not about: "Oh, you wear a skirt, you're gay." — Riccardo Tisci Aborigines Copy Share Image
Black is always elegant. It is the most complete colour in the whole world, made of all the colours in the palette. — Riccardo Tisci Copy Share Image
I’m very faithful to myself. When you do things that are true it just comes out quite instinctively. — Riccardo Tisci Faithful Copy Share Image
Anything I do, I do with my heart. This is why I sometimes get very upset or sometimes get very personal when… — Riccardo Tisci Heart Copy Share Image
I come from a very poor family, with sisters. I never really knew my father, so I miss this strong image of… — Riccardo Tisci Family Copy Share Image
No matter how much people in fashion think we're so cool and avant-garde, for most fashion people, creativity is quite taboo. — Riccardo Tisci Avant garde Copy Share Image
I am super-Italian, not even European - Italian. And this is very precise. It's like houses. Over time they stabilize themselves in… — Riccardo Tisci First step Copy Share Image
I am one who is very meridione - Southern Italian. I am proud of this. I design everything with my team, which… — Riccardo Tisci Copy Share Image
What I very much admire about the Versace maison, and what I am still trying to learn to do myself as I… — Riccardo Tisci Copy Share Image
When I do a show I have such high emotion; the energy is amazing - but, people don't really see the details… — Riccardo Tisci Amazing people Copy Share Image
I do the final fitting because the client wants me there. They're not spoilt, they really understand that you're very busy, but… — Riccardo Tisci Copy Share Image
Even at the beginning when I arrived at Givenchy, there were certainly people who supported me, but not everyone loved me. They… — Riccardo Tisci Art Copy Share Image
For me, aesthetically, Donatella Versace represent what the Italian woman is. There is always the American rock thing, the aristocratic, above-the-rest British… — Riccardo Tisci Fashion Copy Share Image
I've always been obsessed with things that are half animal and half human - like mermaids and Minotaurs - because they are… — Riccardo Tisci Animal Copy Share Image
It's super-essential. Even though I don't have a very big team, for me, the word muse may be démodé or not. I… — Riccardo Tisci Copy Share Image
My inspiration comes from many sources, and one of those sources is precisely the maison Versace. When I was a little boy,… — Riccardo Tisci Boys Copy Share Image
I started to draw and design clothes that I couldn't find, because everything was all luxury, fashion clothes or very straight. So… — Riccardo Tisci Clothes Copy Share Image
Couture is also a matter of respect. In the end, all of these women sewing and embroidering the clothes, whom are almost… — Riccardo Tisci Age Copy Share Image
For me, creating the clothes of Givenchy is the way to make my tribe. It's related to religion, too, because it's people… — Riccardo Tisci Belief Copy Share Image
I love hip-hop and R&B. People always say, "You are dark, you make dark dresses. You probably only love The Cure or… — Riccardo Tisci Dark Copy Share Image
I think my heart is in a very good place. And I think this is why I'm achieving what I've been asking… — Riccardo Tisci Copy Share Image
Seduction is about intelligence and wit. Someone who makes me laugh has every chance to seduce me. — Riccardo Tisci Chance Copy Share Image
I am close friends with Marina Abamovich, so I love strong, very aggressive political art. She is like a mom who wants… — Riccardo Tisci Copy Share Image
I had only two girlfriends. I didn't have many friends because I was staying at home and dreaming - drawing and dreaming. — Riccardo Tisci Copy Share Image
When I was far away, when I prayed every night, I felt I was very near with my heart, with my brain,… — Riccardo Tisci Brain Copy Share Image
Couture is emotion. Couture is freedom. Couture is not thinking about pricing and not thinking about craziness. You can do whatever you… — Riccardo Tisci Copy Share Image
We are Italian. We are all little tribes - not only in fashion, but also in music - in everything, basically. — Riccardo Tisci Fashion Copy Share Image
In the beginning I didn't want to do a menswear collection. It felt a little forced. And then I found that it… — Riccardo Tisci Amazing world Copy Share Image
I didn't know I was going to become a designer; I was going to become a successful person, but I really wanted… — Riccardo Tisci Copy Share Image
I've got what I want, and I've got the luck to express myself and to be paid and to do what I… — Riccardo Tisci Creative Copy Share Image
The elegance of the Italian South is a very strong elegance and it is one that I bring. It is a sexy… — Riccardo Tisci Beauty Copy Share Image
Even though I had a fantastic family, I always felt lonely - not lonely in the melancholic way but knowing that, to… — Riccardo Tisci Copy Share Image
I've had this sensibility since I was a child. If there was a black boy in the school, I was the friend.… — Riccardo Tisci Copy Share Image
I didn't want to dress anyone in the beginning, no celebrities. Then, very slowly I started with one, two, like that. There… — Riccardo Tisci Copy Share Image
My luck has always been how I've had a family of women around me, and I have women who are very close… — Riccardo Tisci Copy Share Image
When I went to England, to Saint Martins, I was traumatized, in a positive way. It was that British sense of transgression… — Riccardo Tisci Bullshit Copy Share Image
This is very much part of my style, I work a lot on the back - I love the back of… — Riccardo Tisci Copy Share Image
To leave Italy at 17 without money and go to a country like England is very rare; Italians stay with the family… — Riccardo Tisci Copy Share Image
