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title: "1 Design Collection Quotes By Isaac Mizrahi"
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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-mizrahi/to-me-you-can-t-have-style-without-being-inspired-when-i-design-a/)

[Isaac Mizrahi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-mizrahi/)

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## More by Isaac Mizrahi

> [If you feel something in your heart, if you have a vision for it, then it's no longer a risk.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-mizrahi/if-you-feel-something-in-your-heart-if-you-have-a-vision-for-it-then/)

[Isaac Mizrahi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-mizrahi/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-mizrahi/where-is-the-real-low-thing-where-are-the-jelly-shoes-that-you-find/)

[Isaac Mizrahi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-mizrahi/)

> [That's one thing about fashion that you really shouldn't be-you can't be melancholy in fashion because people don't respond to it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-mizrahi/that-s-one-thing-about-fashion-that-you-really-shouldn-t-be-you-can-t/)

[Isaac Mizrahi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-mizrahi/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-mizrahi/i-don-t-like-people-to-feel-completely-described-by-the-clothes-they/)

[Isaac Mizrahi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-mizrahi/)

> [You know who a role model for me is? George Ballanchine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-mizrahi/you-know-who-a-role-model-for-me-is-george-ballanchine/)

[Isaac Mizrahi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-mizrahi/)

> [I don't want to offend people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-mizrahi/i-don-t-want-to-offend-people/)

[Isaac Mizrahi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-mizrahi/)

> [Everyone asks, Will he make it, will she make it? You never make it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-mizrahi/everyone-asks-will-he-make-it-will-she-make-it-you-never-make-it/)

[Isaac Mizrahi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-mizrahi/)

> [I'm all about exuberance. We only have one short life to live, and we shouldn't waste it being tasteful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-mizrahi/i-m-all-about-exuberance-we-only-have-one-short-life-to-live-and-we/)

[Isaac Mizrahi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-mizrahi/)

> [50s cheesecake meets Eskimo fake fur.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-mizrahi/50s-cheesecake-meets-eskimo-fake-fur/)

[Isaac Mizrahi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-mizrahi/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-mizrahi/the-reason-people-like-to-watch-ball-games-is-because-they-don-t/)

[Isaac Mizrahi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-mizrahi/)

> [I'm not trying to be the next Joan Rivers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-mizrahi/i-m-not-trying-to-be-the-next-joan-rivers/)

[Isaac Mizrahi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-mizrahi/)

> [Half the time I don't even think about it, I just throw something on because I'm so late or so busy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-mizrahi/half-the-time-i-don-t-even-think-about-it-i-just-throw-something-on/)

[Isaac Mizrahi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-mizrahi/)

> [Even though I grew up as a Sephardic Jew in Brooklyn where we ate Syrian food and went to temple, it was still America.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-mizrahi/even-though-i-grew-up-as-a-sephardic-jew-in-brooklyn-where-we-ate/)

[Isaac Mizrahi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-mizrahi/)

> [Style makes you feel great because it takes your mind off the fact that you're going to die.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-mizrahi/style-makes-you-feel-great-because-it-takes-your-mind-off-the-fact/)

[Isaac Mizrahi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-mizrahi/)

> [The Moon is such a planet I can't even stand it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-mizrahi/the-moon-is-such-a-planet-i-can-t-even-stand-it/)

[Isaac Mizrahi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-mizrahi/)

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