Quotes from Roberto Cavalli

My dream, maybe because of my family, of course, was to be a painter. I chose in one moment the direction of textiles from textiles I went to fashion.

There is a real vulgarity in the way women dress at the moment. They show off too much and try too hard. They don't understand where the line is between sexy and vulgar. I know where that line is.

In the beginning, I loved being famous, but now I am tired of it and I would like to go back to my freedom.

I began to speak well at a very advanced age - 15 16, 17 years old. It was psychological: the trauma of war, my family and growing up on my own. I was more or less a street kid.

Fashion should be something that in the morning, when you open your window, you say, 'Oh fantastic, sun!' Then you take your shower, you say, 'OK fantastic, which colour I wear today because I feel happy?' This should be fashion.

I know I have to be like people expect, because people love to dream with me, they like to think that I love my boat of 50 metres, that I drink Cristal for breakfast, that I dance until five o'clock in the morning. I am not like that.

Sometimes, because of my success, I am afraid that I was not a good father. With the first two I was too strong, and with the other three I was too weak.

Sometimes, because of my success, I am afraid that I was not a good father. With the first two I was too strong, and with the other three I was too weak.

Fashion should be something that in the morning, when you open your window, you say, 'Oh fantastic, sun!' Then you take your shower, you say, 'OK fantastic, which colour I wear today because I feel happy?' This should be fashion.

In the evening every man looks the same. Like penguins. Women have a special dress for that event; men, the same tuxedo.

When I go to a restaurant and they say, 'We're fully booked,' I say, 'It's Roberto Cavalli,' and they say, 'I will check'. I love it!

I tried immediately to have a baby because I was so afraid not to have a baby in my life.

With time, fashion has become part of my DNA.

I enjoy seeing people have fun.

Today the world is a big jungle.

I copy the dress of an animal because I love to copy God. I think God is the most fantastic designer.

I love a woman, I love to judge how beautiful she is, how beautiful I can make her.

Every girl creates a dream in her mind; everyone needs an idol.

I learn much more by traveling by myself.

I meet people, I like to ask: which sign are you?

Every woman inspires me.

I love being a fashion designer.

Today, I'm very happy about myself, because I realized my dreams. I learned how to understand what people want.

The big fish run the show. I'm a middle fish, but there are small fish that are poisonous.