Top 16 Quotes by Valentino Garavani

I am especially grateful that I have been able to keep my own style over the decades, in spite of the many changes that have taken place in the world of fashion and in its business.

An evening dress that reveals a woman's ankles while walking is the most disgusting thing I have ever seen.

I am like a freight train. Working on the details, twisting them and playing with them over the years, but always staying on the same track.

Even as a young boy, my passion was to design, and I have been very lucky to be able to do what I have loved all my life. There can be few greater gifts than that.

I hope people will say, 'Mr. Valentino, he did something for fashion, no?'

I love the 2000s because everyone started to love haute couture.

I know what women want. They want to be beautiful.

There are only three things I can do - make a dress, decorate a house, and entertain people.

My first year, people were interested in me because I was new. Then the press started to come.

I am always locked in my design studio.