--- title: "2 Gothic Quotes By Riccardo Tisci" description: "2 Gothic quotes by Riccardo Tisci. Plus more from Riccardo Tisci and more Gothic sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a3/riccardo-tisci-4785_black_i-didn-t-have-many-friends-i-was-very-sh_1495325.png" --- > [I didn't have many friends. I was very shy ... And, then, even worse, when I was 14 I became Gothic. I had long, black hair. I was going to school with makeup. Because I was trying to find my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/riccardo-tisci/i-didn-t-have-many-friends-i-was-very-shy-and-then-even-worse-when-i/) [Riccardo Tisci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/riccardo-tisci/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a3/riccardo-tisci-4785_black_i-didn-t-have-many-friends-i-was-very-sh_1495325.png) > [Even at the beginning when I arrived at Givenchy, there were certainly people who supported me, but not everyone loved me. They were saying, "Why an Italian who acts Gothic?" Never mind the fact that Italy is one of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/riccardo-tisci/even-at-the-beginning-when-i-arrived-at-givenchy-there-were-certainly/) [Riccardo Tisci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/riccardo-tisci/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/185/riccardo-tisci-4785_art_even-at-the-beginning-when-i-arrived-at_2363607.jpg) ## Other authors on Gothic - [Simona Panova 24 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gothic/simona-panova/) - [Jake Vander-Ark 13 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gothic/jake-vander-ark-2/) - [Nathan Reese Maher 12 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gothic/nathan-reese-maher/) - [Hazel Butler 12 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gothic/hazel-butler/) - [Gwenn Wright 9 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gothic/gwenn-wright/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-charles-trevelyan-22636.jpg) Shane K.P. O'Neill 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gothic/shane-k-p-o-neill/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-valon-g-26172.jpg) Valon G 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gothic/valon-g/) ## More by Riccardo Tisci > [For me, creating the clothes of Givenchy is the way to make my tribe. It's related to religion, too, because it's people trying to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/riccardo-tisci/for-me-creating-the-clothes-of-givenchy-is-the-way-to-make-my-tribe/) [Riccardo Tisci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/riccardo-tisci/) > [The aborigines in Australia, the way they dress is very honest; it's not about: "Oh, you wear a skirt, you're gay."](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/riccardo-tisci/the-aborigines-in-australia-the-way-they-dress-is-very-honest-it-s/) [Riccardo Tisci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/riccardo-tisci/) > [My relationship with religion is very strong because it was my hope, and it gave me two things very important in my life. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/riccardo-tisci/my-relationship-with-religion-is-very-strong-because-it-was-my-hope/) [Riccardo Tisci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/riccardo-tisci/) > [In spite of the fact that everyone thinks I am very much a rottweiler - that i am very dark and everything - I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/riccardo-tisci/in-spite-of-the-fact-that-everyone-thinks-i-am-very-much-a-rottweiler/) [Riccardo Tisci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/riccardo-tisci/) > [I've got what I want, and I've got the luck to express myself and to be paid and to do what I do as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/riccardo-tisci/i-ve-got-what-i-want-and-i-ve-got-the-luck-to-express-myself-and-to/) [Riccardo Tisci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/riccardo-tisci/) > [I suffered a lot when there was, like, a birthday party and I was not invited. Not because I was ugly or stupid; I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/riccardo-tisci/i-suffered-a-lot-when-there-was-like-a-birthday-party-and-i-was-not/) [Riccardo Tisci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/riccardo-tisci/) > [The elegance of the Italian South is a very strong elegance and it is one that I bring. It is a sexy elegance -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/riccardo-tisci/the-elegance-of-the-italian-south-is-a-very-strong-elegance-and-it-is/) [Riccardo Tisci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/riccardo-tisci/) > [My inspiration comes from many sources, and one of those sources is precisely the maison Versace. When I was a little boy, my family…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/riccardo-tisci/my-inspiration-comes-from-many-sources-and-one-of-those-sources-is/) [Riccardo Tisci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/riccardo-tisci/) > [I arrived here, with a destroyed house, with nothing. I had to do everything very slowly. And with a little team and a great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/riccardo-tisci/i-arrived-here-with-a-destroyed-house-with-nothing-i-had-to-do/) [Riccardo Tisci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/riccardo-tisci/) > [Being a creative mind, you have to examine who you are every day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/riccardo-tisci/being-a-creative-mind-you-have-to-examine-who-you-are-every-day/) [Riccardo Tisci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/riccardo-tisci/) > [There are some people whom I esteem and want their opinion first, but that's my way. It is difficult for me to delegate. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/riccardo-tisci/there-are-some-people-whom-i-esteem-and-want-their-opinion-first-but/) [Riccardo Tisci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/riccardo-tisci/) > [I am one who is very meridione - Southern Italian. I am proud of this. I design everything with my team, which is fantastic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/riccardo-tisci/i-am-one-who-is-very-meridione-southern-italian-i-am-proud-of-this-i/) [Riccardo Tisci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/riccardo-tisci/) > [My friends were like, "Oh, this weekend, we're going to go shopping." "Oh, this weekend I'm going to go to see the judo champion"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/riccardo-tisci/my-friends-were-like-oh-this-weekend-we-re-going-to-go-shopping-oh/) [Riccardo Tisci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/riccardo-tisci/) > [When I went to England, to Saint Martins, I was traumatized, in a positive way. It was that British sense of transgression and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/riccardo-tisci/when-i-went-to-england-to-saint-martins-i-was-traumatized-in-a/) [Riccardo Tisci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/riccardo-tisci/) > [Seduction is about intelligence and wit. Someone who makes me laugh has every chance to seduce me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/riccardo-tisci/seduction-is-about-intelligence-and-wit-someone-who-makes-me-laugh/) [Riccardo Tisci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/riccardo-tisci/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gothic/riccardo-tisci/#itemlist", "name": "2 Gothic Quotes By Riccardo Tisci", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I didn't have many friends. I was very shy ... And, then, even worse, when I was 14 I became Gothic. I had long, black hair. I was going to school with makeup. 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