Oleg Cassini Quotations

I am neither the handsomest nor the richest nor the most powerful, but I've had the greatest women in the world.

My philosophy is this: Do not tamper with the anatomy of a woman's body; do not camouflage it.

The best of life is to embark on an adventure with a woman interested in having an adventure with you.

The first lady must be a leader. She must not be a follower.

I spent half my life being hurt. The leftovers of hurt are an automatic gesture, like a dog that salivates.

My goal in life was to pursue the good life.

What is more important, the reality or the perception? I am perceived to be an important designer. It's enough for me.

A designer is like a doctor for a woman. He has a specific job, and if he is doing it well, he will have the gratitude of the woman for the rest of his life.

Looks, health and elegance are what counts. Someone can look wonderful in a sweatsuit.

Be mobile at all times, even if it causes you suffering or feelings of loneliness. Unless you're willing to do that, you're never going to get the bigger rewards.

Every time you choose a perfume, you are voting. And, of course, I hope you vote for me. Not only for my ego, but for my pocketbook. The more you buy, the more money I make.

At the very beginning of my career, when I opened my business in Italy, I was also a ranked tennis player. I had won many tournaments. To be an athlete was my first choice. Second choice: designer. However! There was more money in being a designer at that time.

Every poor designer can go with things that are popular at the moment.

Clothes are designed for the media, because it's a great show.

I was brought up in Florence, a beautiful medieval town whose rhythm is completely in antiquity.

In our society, everyone wants to be a celebrity overnight.

A first date should be elegant. In comfortable surroundings. A place with excellent food, where you can talk easily and get to know each other.

A woman who laughs is a woman conquered.

I drive my own horses in a race. And I always have.

I have programmed myself to be at least 105 years old.

I'm the first American designer who went all over the world.

I've been around tennis, and I have a feeling for the sport. I still play tennis, and I can still do a lot of harm to a lot of people.

Today's designers don't care if fashion has no relationship to human anatomy.

You might say that I'm the Michelangelo of the dress business.

A healthy mind and body are essential. No excesses. Proper food. The body is like a Rolls-Royce. With care, it could last 200 years. It's a dynamo; the more you use it, the more you recharge it.

The planning was constant, the logistical invasion of every country she visited, every party she attended the cloth, the weather, the sensitivity of the people and what they wanted to see her in.

We are on the threshold of a new American elegance thanks to Mrs. Kennedy's beauty, naturalness, understatement, exposure and symbolism.

The other ladies wore fur coats, and they looked like bears.

In Hollywood, I was used to getting a script and a star and they'd say, 'Do it. Now, with her, it was the same thing. I had to create a persona.

Good shoulders and a long waist are the most necessary when it comes to wearing clothes.

Grace Kelly was a glacially cool, like a wonderful sherbet in the middle of the desert. Cooling, icy, clean. She was a genetic miracle, a superior woman.

To be well dressed is a little like being in love

Fashion anticipates ... elegance is a state of mind.

Fashion anticipates, and elegance is a state of mind ... a mirror of the time in which we live, a translation of the future, and should never be static.