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 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
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’m very faithful to myself. When you do things that are true it just comes out quite instinctively. — Riccardo Tisci Faithful 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
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
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
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
When I started at 9, I was working with plaster. I worked with a florist. It was a little illegal for kids… — Riccardo Tisci Giving Copy Share Image
I suffered a lot when there was, like, a birthday party and I was not invited. Not because I was ugly or… — Riccardo Tisci Birthday party Copy Share Image
Most little children's obsessions are robots and Barbie dolls. My obsession as a kid was the Versace house. I used to save… — Riccardo Tisci Barbie Copy Share Image
Couture is more your own world, they come and buy head-to-toe - they buy the jewelry, bags, coats, dresses, bodies underneath…… — Riccardo Tisci Copy Share Image
My relationship with religion is very strong because it was my hope, and it gave me two things very important in my… — Riccardo Tisci Belief Copy Share Image
In the beginning, I was very punk. I was very revolutionary. When they asked me to do Givenchy, I didn't want to… — Riccardo Tisci Copy Share Image
I didn't invent hot water. But when I approach menswear, I do it in a very honest way. And my menswear and… — Riccardo Tisci Approach Copy Share Image
I didn't have many friends. I was very shy ... And, then, even worse, when I was 14 I became Gothic. I… — Riccardo Tisci Copy Share Image
When I arrived here at Givenchy, there was a lot of confusion. Before me, there had been some great geniuses - John… — 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 was the last one of nine kids - eight girls and me last - and my sisters were going out. They… — Riccardo Tisci Amazing things Copy Share Image
My mom always said to us, "You cannot judge anybody because of the color of skin." There were a lot of African… — Riccardo Tisci Color Copy Share Image
My first stage was couture. Boom. Couture. It has changed because women have evolved. Back in the day there were princesses. Today,… — Riccardo Tisci Copy Share Image
If you buy a Cartier ring you want people to know it is a Cartier ring or a diamond, or a piece… — Riccardo Tisci Art Copy Share Image
My friends were like, "Oh, this weekend, we're going to go shopping." "Oh, this weekend I'm going to go to see the… — Riccardo Tisci Champion Copy Share Image
In prêt-à-porter now we understandably need to make the collection satisfy the big market more, so couture is extra special. — Riccardo Tisci Copy Share Image
The couture client wants the latest things, but she wants the clothes to be super-special - the fabrics won't even touch or… — Riccardo Tisci Copy Share Image
My life has changed financially and I have a name, but I try to never forget people on my journey. — Riccardo Tisci Copy Share Image
I brought a lot of the codification of womenswear to menswear. Why? Because when I was a child, I was wearing women's… — Riccardo Tisci Children Copy Share Image
Religion and love don't have a price, don't have a gender, a skin color, nothing. We are all on the same plate. — Riccardo Tisci Copy Share Image
People's wardrobes in history are something that society and culture imposed. But sexuality is not about the way you dress. — Riccardo Tisci Culture Copy Share Image
These five years as a couturier have really changed my way of seeing fashion and my confidence with fashion. Couture is a… — Riccardo Tisci Copy Share Image
I always think about the streets because that's where I come from and that's where I'm going to die one day. That… — Riccardo Tisci Copy Share Image
For me, fashion is a job. I love it. It's my passion. But the most important thing for me in general is… — Riccardo Tisci Fashion Copy Share Image
I try to destroy taboo in fashion-which is something I learned as a kid. I come from the street, and you have… — Riccardo Tisci Fashion Copy Share Image
If I am in fashion, it is really due to very few designers that I admire - not because I don't like… — Riccardo Tisci Copy Share Image
There are some people whom I esteem and want their opinion first, but that's my way. It is difficult for me to… — Riccardo Tisci Copy Share Image
Every two to three weeks, I was changing around my room. My room was made out of nothing, basically - a magazine,… — 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
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
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
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
