Domenico Dolce Quotes

At the beginning of the career is important for a designer to present his most representative pieces.

The fashion system has killed fashion.

My mum was very conscious about fashion and my dad was born into the tailoring tradition, so fashion has always been my life, although now, really, I wear the same thing - just in different weights - light and heavy cashmere in winter and cotton in summer.

My mind is never stopping. I think, if you stop, you die. Maybe it is a problem for me - I have to talk to myself and say, 'Please stop. Switch off.'

You need to be ahead of the game just enough so that you can have what people want in the shops when they want it.

I cook and wash, cook and wash. When I am done, the kitchen is like a mirror.

If you open my wardrobe, it's very boring.

I hope the people remember Dolce & Gabbana for the sensuality, for the Mediterranean sense, for our honesty to the life.

I'm obsessed with jackets.

I love art, in particular, paintings. I have, well, a lot.

We built our fashion around three fundamental concepts: Sicily, tailoring, and tradition. Our dream is to create a style which is timeless, and to create clothes with such a strong personality that whoever sees them can instantly say without a shadow of a doubt: this is a Dolce & Gabbana.

As a teenager, I would wear Clarks, corduroy pants and striped shirts, and I loved it.

People say: 'Models are so young, they're so skinny.' But Mr. Balenciaga used models at 16, and that will never change. People say they are skinny, but there is a difference between skinny and sick. If someone is sick, they're sick. It's not because of fashion. If I have flu, I have flu; it's not because I work in fashion.

Each of our collections is like a movie. We write the script, and this Sicilian woman who has traveled around the world plays the lead role.

I want to dance. I want to live.

When I was 16, I knew I was gay. I loved a lot. But I lived as a straight guy, because there are people in my town who don't understand my story. I never told. I never wanted to show what was inside my heart.

We have never considered our brand superior or inferior to any other one, and we have never spoken about our work in comparison to anyone else's. We are ourselves; we have never had the presumption to please everyone, but we believe in the utmost liberty to express oneself.

Tarots tell different sides of the various personalities that exist in all of us. I find it fascinating how they combine names, images, and numbers. You don't need to be able to read them, or know their real meaning, to be charmed.

Some people accuse the new generation of being ignorant, maybe ignorant for the old generation, but it's a new language.

I'm a very curious person.

This is the problem today. Men and women have switched places. The woman now acts more like the man.

For all Italian people, family is very important. We don't fight with our families.

Do I make fashion mistakes? Yes, but I won't say what.

I drink a lot. More or less 10 or 12 coffees a day, both typical Italian and espresso.

It is not necessary to be too avant-garde, because you risk not being understood.

There are people who believe that a Dolce & Gabbana T-shirt is more stylish than a supermarket one, and there are people who believe the opposite. There is room for everyone.