Individual style is the correct balance of knowing who you are, what works fro you, and how to develop your own personality

Elegance is not being noticed, it's about being remembered.

I am impressed with America's capacity for change, and their ability to bring someone as inspirational as Barack Obama into the White House.

Being famous very often means sacrificing your privacy and that of others. You have to impose on those close to you a pace and lifestyle that might be a bigger sacrifice for others than it is for you.

Jeans represent democracy in fashion.

My strong sense of discipline has always been with me, and it also gave me the need for deep affection. I have never been satisfied with acquaintances who are superficial, volatile, or quick to change. I have surrounded myself with people with whom I am in total complicity.

My brands all are unique in terms of their spirits, but they have the same Armani stamp. There is a level of taste which runs through every single product. Sitting side by side, they are perhaps more stimulating than they would be just on their own. It gives a new idea, a new proposal, a new perspective.