My great strength, which I very much believe in, is family. For me, family doesn't simply mean components of DNA. I mean family in the sense of siblings. My mom and my sisters are the energy and inspiration in my life. Riccardo Tisci More Quotes by Riccardo Tisci More Quotes From Riccardo Tisci Seduction is about intelligence and wit. Someone who makes me laugh has every chance to seduce me. Riccardo Tisci sexylaughterwitty Black is always elegant. It is the most complete colour in the whole world, made of all the colours in the palette. Riccardo Tisci blackmadeworld My definition of beauty is something between extremely ugly and extremely fantastic. Riccardo Tisci fantasticuglydefinitions Being a creative mind, you have to examine who you are every day. Riccardo Tisci creative-mindcreativemind For me, darkness is something very beautiful. Riccardo Tisci very-beautifuldarknessbeautiful To leave Italy at 17 without money and go to a country like England is very rare; Italians stay with the family until 30, 35. But I couldn't stand to live in this box anymore. I was getting bigger, and the box was getting smaller. Riccardo Tisci boxesenglandcountry Anything I do, I do with my heart. This is why I sometimes get very upset or sometimes get very personal when I'm working. Riccardo Tisci upsetheartsometimes I think that's what you and I have in common, Donatella Versace, that careful balance. It makes me proud to be an Italian. In the end, I am proud to do what I do. Riccardo Tisci balanceitalianthinking I’m very faithful to myself. When you do things that are true it just comes out quite instinctively. Riccardo Tisci faithful I like when a man has one strong accessory. If it's a watch, it has to be major. If you have strong shoes, it should just be the shoes. I don't like when a man is overdone-that's just bad taste. Coco Chanel was always saying you have to watch yourself in the mirror, put on a lot of things, and then take them off. I think it should be that way for men as well. Riccardo Tisci strongmenthinking Religion and love don't have a price, don't have a gender, a skin color, nothing. We are all on the same plate. Riccardo Tisci and-lovecolorskins It's super-essential. Even though I don't have a very big team, for me, the word muse may be démodé or not. I adore it, but I am also one, in my delirium, to be quite classical. For a designer - especially a male designer - he absolutely has to have that female voice by his side, which he listens to, he filters, he digests. It's a huge need, because when you see through the eyes of a man, you see a woman a certain way, and how they have little tricks of their own. Riccardo Tisci teameyemen I am interested in beauty when it has something special and mysterious. Riccardo Tisci something-specialmysteriousspecial My life has changed financially and I have a name, but I try to never forget people on my journey. Riccardo Tisci journeynamespeople If you buy a Cartier ring you want people to know it is a Cartier ring or a diamond, or a piece of art that's giving an emotion - then people read it and say, "wow that's really amazing". With prêt-à-porter you see people in the street, in a club, in a restaurant or whatever, and you think, "Oh my god, he's wearing my trousers!" In a way it's more open - people can put together the way they want - mixed with other designers. Riccardo Tisci peopleartthinking I don't have anything against homes for the elderly, but my mom, after having nine children, after all the sacrifices, living in an apartment - it gave me anxiety. Being the only male in the family, I said, "No I can't let this happen." Therefore I signed, because I wanted to buy a house for my mom. I started at Givenchy and the whole fashion world was saying, "Couture is finished." No, couture is not finished. Couture has changed - thank goodness. Riccardo Tisci fashionmomchildren I always think about the streets because that's where I come from and that's where I'm going to die one day. That is my life. Riccardo Tisci streetsone-daythinking I try to destroy taboo in fashion-which is something I learned as a kid. I come from the street, and you have to be a survivor. Riccardo Tisci fashiontryingkids My relationship with religion is very strong because it was my hope, and it gave me two things very important in my life. It gave me the belief and it gave me a point to reach: Don't do something bad to the people next to you. Riccardo Tisci strongtwopeople When I started, everyone said couture was finished and I was so scared. Actually I was more terrorized than scared. I was arriving from a provincial area of Italy. They called me in to do Givenchy and I just thought, Wow. Riccardo Tisci scared
