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American - Designer Born: October 14, 1939 See also: Quotes about Ralph Lauren

The clothes that I design and everything I've done is about life and how people live and how they want to live and how they dream they'll live. That's what I do.

Life People Clothes Live

A lot of hard work is hidden behind nice things.

Work Hard Work Nice Behind

My thing was always about individuality and about creating a world - because you don't just wear clothes, you live a life. You have style. You project who you are.

Life You Style World

You have to create something from nothing.

You Nothing Create Something

I think I've been happy because I've been able to do what I believe in, and on my own terms.

Believe Happy Think My Own

I was never money conscious. I would never have succeeded if I thought I was going to be a millionaire.

Money Never Thought Going

I think the accessories look very modern and very exciting. These big earrings, these big hoops. I think the girls are sort of falling in love with... collars, neck collars.

Love Look Think Earrings

I was very influenced by movies; I was very influenced by a world that had a sense of dream.

World Movies Dream Sense

I always admired Frank Sinatra. He had ups and downs, but he didn't give up his style. He had what might have been a tough life or character.

Life Character Style Ups And Downs

They know they're going to look beautiful, and I don't think women should look like costumes. They shouldn't look like fashion victims.

Beautiful Women Fashion Look

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I went to my boss, and I said, 'Look, I'd like to design these ties because I think they could be new.' He said, 'The world isn't ready for Ralph Lauren.' I never forgot that because... I thought that was a compliment.

Boss World Look Think

I always feel like I have to keep going. You can sit back and say, 'Maybe I can stop.' But then you're yesterday, and I love tomorrow.

Love You Tomorrow Keep Going

I believe in God. I believe in doing the right thing. I believe in helping people if I can.

God People Believe I Can

When you put on something that you really like, you feel like you are that person or the person you want to be.

You Feel Person Want

I love the challenge of new ideas.

Love Challenge Ideas New

I never said to myself, 'I'm going to be the greatest.' I just wanted to do my own thing.

Myself Never My Own Own

You don't have to wear a label to be important.

You Important Wear Label

On one level, there's an aspirational quality to having a Polo player. On another level, it's just a great shirt with lots of colors.

Colors Great Quality Shirt

When I was growing up, officers in uniform were very impressive to me. They were doing a job. They were protecting our country; they were heroes. When you wear an old military jacket, there's some sort of connection to those qualities - to being strong, to being tough, to being a warrior.

Me You Job Strong

I don't like it when a woman looks like a fashion victim.

Woman Fashion Looks Like

I'm a fan of people that have quality, that do what they do, and that are not into the showbiz.

People Quality Fan Showbiz

I want my clothes, my stores, everything I design to have that feeling of being natural and easy. And that takes effort, but you try not to have it show.

You Effort Clothes Feeling

People ask how can a Jewish kid from the Bronx do preppy clothes? Does it have to do with class and money? It has to do with dreams.

Dreams Money People Clothes

My philosophy was that I never had focus groups.

Focus Never Philosophy Had

I try to make things that are fresh and different, even if they are inspired by classic things.

Try Classic Things Fresh

I don't design clothes, I design dreams.

Dreams Clothes Design Design Clothes

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