Tommy Hilfiger Quotes

Algebra looked like Chinese characters to me, and I could never get into reading Shakespeare. I just did not get it.
But I think, if you're in the spotlight, people are going to say bad things, and that's just the way it is.
I currently live in the Plaza in New York and I love it - all that history, all those interesting stories.
I disapprove of lots of decisions made by George Bush: the war, the meddling in the affairs of other countries, the conversations with dictators; it was a dark time.
I had eight brothers and sisters. Every Christmas my younger brother Bobby would wake up extra early and open everybody's presents - everybody's - so by the time the rest of us got up, all the gifts were shredded, ribbons off, torn open and thrown aside.
I had no confidence at school. I was not a good student and I really thought I was pretty stupid. Just dumb.
I knew exactly what I wanted to do. I wanted to build some kind of lifestyle brand that was preppy and cool.
I looked at my competitors and I thought that, If they could do it, I could do it. And if, they are popular and doing well, I could compete with them.
I looked at the rap community like street kids wanting their own brand. But now I look at that period with the rappers in the 90s as a trend of the moment. What it taught me was never to follow a trend, because trends move on.
I think it is really important to have a sense of business. As a designer you can get so wrapped up in the design and fashion side that you forget the business side.
I think it's dangerous to think that you're successful, because then you become complacent.
I thought, if I went into business I'd be able to control my own destiny.
I was looking at people like Jim Morrison and David Bowie and Mick Jagger and I thought, Ah! I want to look like them.
I'm a designer of more than clothes. I am a designer of a very creative concept.
I've never tried to do couture, because it's a whole different beast.
If I see someone wearing Hilfiger it makes me proud, but then I wonder what I could do to make the style more relevant for them next year?
In designing a lifestyle brand, you have to know more than just designing clothes.
It was difficult for me because I was searching for the answer for so long, and the answer was right in front of me. Do what I do best.
My mother inspired me to treat others as I would want to be treated regardless of age, race or financial status.
My mother was kind and forgiving and would take in all the waifs and strays in our neighbourhood; we always compared her to Mother Teresa. She taught me a lot.
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