If you try to have a fashion show with Bach fugues and John Coltrane, it doesn't really work. 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 perfectionworrypeople I'm all about exuberance. We only have one short life to live, and we shouldn't waste it being tasteful. Isaac Mizrahi exuberanceshort-lifewaste I equate peonies with love because they're the first blooms of summer. Isaac Mizrahi summerlove-isfirsts 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 fashioncolorflower There's no reason for unhappiness if you're living with nice design. Isaac Mizrahi designnicereason Style makes you feel great because it takes your mind off the fact that you're going to die. Isaac Mizrahi designmotivationinspiration 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 styletryingphilosophy This is what I like about being a designer: You can't really get it until you see it. Isaac Mizrahi designerdesignartist A mutt is couture-it's the only one like it in the world, made especially for you. Isaac Mizrahi muttspetworld 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 clothesmotivationinspiration Color is like food for the spirit - plus it's not addictive or fattening. Isaac Mizrahi rainbowcolorspirit You're not working with models, you're working with real women who have, like, anatomy. Models do not have anatomy Isaac Mizrahi real-womenmodelsreal You can't be melancholy in fashion because people don't respond to it. Isaac Mizrahi melancholyfashionpeople 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 clothesswagartist It's no wonder we know how to dress; we've spent centuries in closets. Isaac Mizrahi centurydresseswonder 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-heelsgirlartist How do I do it? I don't know how I wouldn't do it-that's the thing. Isaac Mizrahi know-howfashionartist 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 visionriskheart 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 artistwanttalking
