Ralph Lauren Quotes

100 Ralph Lauren Quotes (Ralph Lifshitz Quotes)

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I had talent. I wanted to be my own boss. I just had to.
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I don’t design to design. I design into living.
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My goal was always to be myself.
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People want what I want.
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People are realizing what makes them feel good.
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People who come to shop want to be entertained.
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When I think something is out there too long, I get off it, even if it’s hot, even if it’s very, very popular.
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You can’t just sit still.
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I didn’t want to be one of many but the only one.
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There was no sense I would ever be a fashion designer.
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I always wanted to be the star of the movie, but I never thought I’d be a movie star.
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Clothes were not my whole life. I think I just, at a very early age, looked cool.
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I’ve never had a sense of flying high…
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We didn’t want an English house or an American house. We wanted something timeless…
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You have to look for things you really love, for what your dream is.
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I have the most beautiful store in the world. To open a store in an ugly building across the street – I have to be nuts.
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I am copied by everyone in the world.
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Cars today all look the same.
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I have a lot of clothes, but they’re all sort of [laughs] the same.
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When I came into the business, there were manufacturers but no designers…
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[In 1973] Katharine Hepburn in boots, jodhpurs and a sweater, with her hair flowing – that’s the look.
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I have tried to be authentic in everything I do.
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If you are out there, you must want to be.
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I did my own thing.
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I felt like I was a leader, not a follower.
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I had a lot of friends, but I was always individual…
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The real excitement of what you’re doing is in the doing of it.
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I’ve been weathered, but I don’t feel like I’m over.
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The key to longevity is to keep doing what you do better than anyone else. We work real hard at that. It’s about getting your message out to the consumer. It’s about getting their trust, but also getting them excited, again and again.
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I don’t design clothes, I design dreams.
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A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done.
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I always wanted to make movies, but I’m just doing them in a different way, creating the dreams, the dream lifestyle. My life helps me with my job, and my job helps me with my life.
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[On a model of the 10,000 square foot Polo Sport Emporium at 888 Madison opening in 1993] I hope the store doesn’t look like this.
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[In 1993] To be a classic in this day and age is a real challenge.
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It’s the model of the store. It’s not what the store’s gonna look like.
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Every time I look at the store, I say, ‘Did I made a mistake?’. I took this store two years ago, when retailing was a disaster. Everything was going down. Everyone was worried about businesses closing. My business wasn’t flying through the roof, either. I have the most beautiful store in the world. To open a store in an ugly building across the street – I have to be nuts.
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Yes, I own things, but that’s not what I’m about. It’s not meant for everybody to see. It’s not laid out for parties.
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It’s right there in front of you… I was the guy walking into the store. My wife was the girl. My kids were the kids. It was always very personal. It wasn’t industry. The fashion industry never cared.
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Americans have an insecurity complex about themselves. I spawned an industry. America didn’t look like this. There was no Banana Republic, no Gap, no J. Crew. Go back and see where fashion was when I started. I am copied by everyone in the world.
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There’s a heritage behind my designs, but there’s also a newness and excitement that I inject.
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