Oscar de la Renta

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

Every season I am inspired by women.

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

I do not have one theme for each season, I just try to make beautiful clothes all year round.

There is always an emotional element to anything that you make.

Fashion is about dressing according to what's fashionable. Style is more about being yourself.

A woman makes an outfit her own with accessories.

We live in an era of globalization and the era of the woman. Never in the history of the world have women been more in control of their destiny.

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 was surrounded by sisters. My childhood was all women.

My customers are successful workingwomen.

Gardening is the work of a lifetime: You never finish.

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 always say: To be well dressed you must be well naked.

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

Never,ever confuse what happens on a runway with fashion. A runway is spectacle. It's only fashion when a woman puts it on. Being well dressed hasn't much to do with having good clothes. It's a question of good balance and good common sense.

The great thing about fashion is that it always looks forward.

I like light, color, luminosity. I like things full of color and vibrant.

A runway is spectacle. It's only fashion when a woman puts it on.

I have this complex that if I walk into a place wearing a colorful shirt someone will stop me and say, 'I'm sorry, but the Latin band comes through the other door.'

Online media is increasingly influential in fashion.

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.

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

Fashion is about dressing according to whats fashionable. Style is more about being yourself.

I want to make clothes that people will wear, not styles that will make a big splash on the runway.

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

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

I wanted this, I wanted to do this, but my work is me, and it has to be right.