John Galliano quotes

John Galliano is a British fashion designer known for his dramatic and theatrical creations. His work for iconic fashion houses like Givenchy, Christian Dior, and Maison Margiela has influenced modern haute couture. He continues to be recognized for his creative vision and boundary-pushing designs. Here are 24 of his quotes:

I believe in discipline, so I'm not the right person to cry about weakness and things like this, but maybe I'm not human. (John Galliano)

Women are women, and hurray for that.

John Galliano

Men don't want another man to look at their woman because they don't know how to handle it.

John Galliano

I'm passionate and I travel the world not just as a tourist but to understand cultures... I've lived with Masai tribe... I travel the world and bring it back in the form of a research book that would become the starting point for the collection.

John Galliano

I have a very haute couture way of working.

John Galliano

Men have got more of a discerning eye. They appreciate cut and details, things that aren't so obvious. They like things that have cachet and gentlemanliness.

John Galliano

I don't care about money. I really don't care. I just want to do what I do.

John Galliano

I have learned so much about myself. I have re-discovered that little boy who had the hunger to create, which I think I had lost.

John Galliano

Yeah, that's what I'm working for. The couture house of the future.

John Galliano

But I'm not an artist. Maybe an artist with a small a.

John Galliano

Dressing up. People just don't do it anymore. We have to change that. (John Galliano)

You're only as good as your last collection, which is an enormous pressure.

John Galliano

My dresses are very reasonably priced, for dresses that are cut on the body.

John Galliano

Above all, John Galliano menswear is all about good design. And men have been short-changed by good design for too long.

John Galliano

If I didn't already sense that I was different, I certainly was reminded, whether by my parents or by the other school kids. Not just reminded. Told... I was made to believe it wasn't right. If I went a little bit too off - slap! It was Dad's upbringing and it was Victorian, and that's the way he was.

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Sure, I'd like to be like the House of Chanel.

John Galliano

I listen and talk to God daily.

John Galliano

Fashion is a very stressful place to work because of the demands of doing the shows - no one expects a writer to produce two books a year on the dot - but it's also a very toxic place to work.

John Galliano

I'm an accomplice to helping women get what they want.

John Galliano

I love New York. But the energy is so intense.

John Galliano

I don't love dolls. I love women. I love their bodies. (John Galliano)

I was never honest. My father died, and I had never said to him, 'I'm gay.' I knew what I was, but I had to pretend not to be that to avoid the beatings.

John Galliano

I've treated the waistcoat as if it were a corset, so that it becomes the first layer in the process of putting clothes on the body. There is constant motion between layering and revealing.

John Galliano

But I'm going to be a real good boy and take it day by day and try to concentrate on what's most important to me, and that's offering women a service.

John Galliano

John Galliano

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Occupation: British Designer
Born: November 28, 1960
Quotes count: 24

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