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
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
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 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
I was a very nice boy. I was well-educated ... very Catholic family. So I was very respectful, never late at work.… — Riccardo Tisci Boys Copy Share Image
I arrived here, with a destroyed house, with nothing. I had to do everything very slowly. And with a little team and… — Riccardo Tisci Copy Share Image
When I was young, especially when I was at school, I thought couture was about big gowns, big hats (that is couture… — Riccardo Tisci Copy Share Image
Couture was only for rich people. Givenchy was for rich people. A bag cost 5,000 euro; a coat cost 10,000 euro. In… — Riccardo Tisci Copy Share Image
I hate vulgarity. I hate vulgarity even though it attracts me - and it attracts me very much. I love all that… — Riccardo Tisci Hate Copy Share Image
My mom didn't teach me about Marco Polo. She didn't teach me about Napoleon. She didn't teach me about any of that.… — Riccardo Tisci Being a good person 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
At the beginning, I didn't see what Givenchy could give my career. It was like, "Okay, I'll do it for the money… — Riccardo Tisci Career Copy Share Image
This is why I decided to work with Nike, too, because it is even more mass-market than Givenchy and could make entry-price… — Riccardo Tisci Copy Share Image
In spite of the fact that everyone thinks I am very much a rottweiler - that i am very dark and everything… — Riccardo Tisci Dark Copy Share Image
I'm very well off but I can stay with normal people. I can do a super-luxury life, but I can do a… — Riccardo Tisci Copy Share Image
When I started, everyone said couture was finished and I was so scared. Actually I was more terrorized than scared. I was… — Riccardo Tisci Copy Share Image
I love finding new things. I love the conceptual aspect of Antony Hegarty or the voices of those back in the day… — Riccardo Tisci Emotion 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
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
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
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 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
