Top 24 Quotes & Sayings by Elie Tahari

I don't walk around feeling like I'm successful. I feel like I did well.

I had to succeed. Failure means I would have to be homeless again.

If you like something, go for it.

Financially I'm comfortable. But life has a lot more in store for me.

I worked in a boutique after work, my second job, selling women's clothes. And that was a way of not just making money but meeting women. That was very exciting job. I loved that job.

I dont walk around feeling like Im successful. I feel like I did well.

Love is a key ingredient for creativity.

Financially Im comfortable. But life has a lot more in store for me.

You can only be connected to others if you are connected to yourself and the truth inside.

It's not about the outside, it's the inside. But dressing on the outside can help the inside.

New York. Truly, this is the only city that I feel this energy. Everyone is accepted. This is the first place that I felt open and that I can do everything.

Even a kick in the ass is good when you're facing the right direction.

I got involved in fashion by accident. When I got to New York, my intention was to have enough money to eat and to stay and I don't have to leave. I just loved New York - the energy, the culture, the freedom.

Every day has its own challenges, and every day those challenges make us stronger.

Whatever energy you put out there, that's the energy you're going to get back.

It doesn't matter if it's raining and dark. The sun is shining above the clouds.

I grew up in different orphanages in Israel, and if they gave me a pair of shoes, a shirt, and pair of pants every year, I was lucky. The rest was handouts, leftover clothes. So I appreciated clothes because I only had one new shirt each year.

Creativity to me is the life force that is in us. It’s an animalistic instinct for survival.

Clothing should be quieter than the woman so that her true beauty can shine through.

Follow the truth to life and love what you do... Be passionate about it to the point where you’re willing to do anything for it.

Don't bring me problems. Bring me solutions.

If you love what you do, it won't be work.

New York accepts everybody. It doesn't matter your sex, color, religion. Everybody works together to create a better life.

Getting up in the morning and loving what you do is a dream come true.