I'm all about exuberance. We only have one short life to live, and we shouldn't waste it being tasteful. Isaac Mizrahi More Quotes by Isaac Mizrahi More Quotes From Isaac Mizrahi Remember this: No one is looking at your imperfections; they're all too busy worrying about their own. Isaac Mizrahi perfection worry people I equate peonies with love because they're the first blooms of summer. Isaac Mizrahi summer love-is firsts To me, you can't have style without being inspired. When I design a collection, I am inspired by so many things. The color of a flower. The shape of a butterly's wing. The juxtaposition of an old tenement building next to a shiny new skyscraper. Isaac Mizrahi fashion color flower There's no reason for unhappiness if you're living with nice design. Isaac Mizrahi design nice reason Style makes you feel great because it takes your mind off the fact that you're going to die. Isaac Mizrahi design motivation inspiration There is one common philosophy, one thing that you can do no matter who you are or what you look like: You can actually get passionate instead of remaining cool or instead of trying to look like everybody else. You can - you must - immerse yourself passionately in who you are if you want to have style. Isaac Mizrahi style trying philosophy This is what I like about being a designer: You can't really get it until you see it. Isaac Mizrahi designer design artist A mutt is couture-it's the only one like it in the world, made especially for you. Isaac Mizrahi mutts pet world There are so many images out there, so many clothes out there, and the only ones that look interesting to me are the ones that look slightly mistaken. Isaac Mizrahi clothes motivation inspiration Color is like food for the spirit - plus it's not addictive or fattening. Isaac Mizrahi rainbow color spirit You're not working with models, you're working with real women who have, like, anatomy. Models do not have anatomy Isaac Mizrahi real-women models real You can't be melancholy in fashion because people don't respond to it. Isaac Mizrahi melancholy fashion people I don't like people to feel completely described by the clothes they wear of mine. I want them to feel that they're describing themselves. Isaac Mizrahi clothes swag artist It's no wonder we know how to dress; we've spent centuries in closets. Isaac Mizrahi century dresses wonder All I want are high heels, high heels. If I was a girl, I'd wear a lot of high heels. High, stiletto heels. Isaac Mizrahi high-heels girl artist How do I do it? I don't know how I wouldn't do it-that's the thing. Isaac Mizrahi know-how fashion artist The more relaxed you can get, the better you'll do Isaac Mizrahi relaxed If you feel something in your heart, if you have a vision for it, then it's no longer a risk. Isaac Mizrahi vision risk heart The last thing I want to become is one of those talking heads where everything is satiny smooth and you know what the next question is going to be Isaac Mizrahi artist want talking Just when I think I hate fashion, I hate clothes, I'm seized by this crazy thing that I have to do. I have this little studio now where I just draw. I can be in the room for three days and not even look up Isaac Mizrahi fashion crazy hate
