Invention is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration. Thomas Edison I don't design clothes, I design dreams.

I try to find people who love and believe in what I do - and people I can respect because they do what I don't do. I've had to bring in financial people and put them in positions where they could tell me, "Ralph, let's not do that."

When I create a collection, I approach it with a cinematic point of view-I am not designing clothes, I'm creating a world.

We all have to fight to maintain our unique style and taste in a world that would have us conform.

Our kitchen is warm; it's who we are. And it has everything. Honestly, I could get rid of the rest of the house and just live in the kitchen.

We're making a major move of the Internet, and runway. Polo.com is a natural extension of both polo.com and our collection business.

I try to design into a world that is constantly moving, and moving me.