Quotes from Oscar de la Renta

Now is the most exciting time in fashion. Women are controlling their destiny now, the consumer is more knowledgeable, and I have to be better every single day.

I don't really know how to do casual clothes.

Regardless of how good or bad a collection might be, it's a letdown after the show is over. It's done. Something you've worked on for months is just over.

Gardening is how I relax. It's another form of creating and playing with colors.

I adore gardening, and whenever I have time off, that is my passion.

Love. Be curious. Always try to do your best.

I love to live well, I love to eat well, I love to buy beautiful things, and to give a fantastic time to my friends.

When a woman falls in love with something so much that she wants to wear it- it is at that point that it becomes fashion.

If you want to establish an international presence you can't do so from New York. You need the consecration of Paris.

I'm a happy fellow. I feel very privileged, lucky, that I have had a wonderful life. And that I have been always allowed to do what I love.

You know I started an orphanage so totally by accident. A lady came to me and asked me if I would, I will help her and we start it with little school and then I fell in love with it.

We're dealing with sophisticated customers. What's most important to these women is individuality. I have to create things she'll want to wear, no matter who she is.

I am not interested in shock tactics. I just want to make beautiful clothes.

Accept your friends for who they are, not for who you want them to be.

Although I have no plans to tweet, I am fascinated by developments on the Internet.

The well dressed man never stands out in a crowd; his elegance sets him apart.

The qualities I most admire in women are confidence and kindness.

Women think black is the most flattering color, but they're wrong. Pink adds a cosmetic-like radiance and warmth. Black drains the skin of color; pink delights the eye.

What women have achieved in the last 50 years, I wish men would have achieved in the last 100.

Every season I am inspired by women.

I was surrounded by sisters. My childhood was all women.

I'm a very restless person. I'm always doing something. The creative process never stops.

Online media is increasingly influential in fashion.

Work hard. Believe in yourself. It's not the publicity that sells the clothes, it's the woman.