Top 69 Quotes & Sayings by Isaac Mizrahi

Just when I think I hate fashion, I hate clothes, I'm seized by this crazy thing that I have to do. I have this little studio now where I just draw. I can be in the room for three days and not even look up.

Sometimes I'm really dressed up, and it really turns me on.

Mick Jagger, his face was very new. It became a sex symbol.

I'd love to talk to Joaquin Phoenix because he's a very private guy. Also, he's creating a new kind of sexy leading man. To me, his face is new and might be legendary someday.

What if Woody Allen called me and said, I'm working on this movie and there's a really divine role for you. We want exactly you! It would be such a fantasy. Forget it! My idol, Woody Allen!

I have a lot of obligations.

I'm not trying to be the next Joan Rivers.

You're not working with models, you're working with real women who have, like, anatomy. Models do not have anatomy.

Either it works or it doesn't.

When someone says you can't do what you know you can do, then you can't do anything.

I'd love to talk to Angelina Jolie. On my show I would love her because she's a mysterious, mysterious figure.

When people ask, Do you like children? I always say, I like some children, yes. Some children I don't like.

All I want are high heels, high heels. If I was a girl, I'd wear a lot of high heels. High, stiletto heels.

If I just do it, it will take less time than telling someone what I'm thinking, and have them free associate, and then come back to me and I'll hate it and I'll have to redo it.

You know what makes me teary? Goya. Goya makes me cry.

I'm so involved in melancholy.

People say it's really the press who create those soundbites about fashion. That's what sells magazines and clothes.

If you try to have a fashion show with Bach fugues and John Coltrane, it doesn't really work.

The reason people like to watch ball games is because they don't really know exactly what's going to happen from moment to moment. That's why you watch the entire thing.

I don't want to offend people.

You know who a role model for me is? George Ballanchine.

You listen to Handel operas, right? And there are a thousand of them, right? And they all sound alike. If I look back on my work, maybe it's the same thing.

Half the time I don't even think about it, I just throw something on because I'm so late or so busy.

I don't like people to feel completely described by the clothes they wear of mine. I want them to feel that they're describing themselves.

How do I do it? I don't know how I wouldn't do it - that's the thing.

That's one thing about fashion that you really shouldn't be-you can't be melancholy in fashion because people don't respond to it.

You don't necessarily live for the moment; you live for hope-what you're going to get, what you're going to say, what you're going to think.

Most of my life I was occupied with American television and American food. My ethnicity was my choice. It still is.

The last thing I want to become is one of those talking heads where everything is satiny smooth and you know what the next question is going to be.

This is what I like about being a designer: You can't really get it until you see it.

The more relaxed you can get, the better you'll do.

Even though I grew up as a Sephardic Jew in Brooklyn where we ate Syrian food and went to temple, it was still America.

Everyone asks, Will he make it, will she make it? You never make it.

What you do, you don't think of as a product.

In Paris, it used to feel like you were living in a museum. As beautiful as it was, it's still limited. But here you have just everything.

Mick Jagger, his face was very new. It became a sex symbol

You can't be melancholy in fashion because people don't respond to it.

There are so many images out there, so many clothes out there, and the only ones that look interesting to me are the ones that look slightly mistaken.

If you feel something in your heart, if you have a vision for it, then it's no longer a risk.

The key to looking great in the evening is to look original. Try to look different from others without looking out of place. When everyone else is wearing black, stand out in a bold, bright color. When everyone else is wearing dress that falls to the floor, shock them with a short gold brocade suit. But try not to overdo it. Focus on one thing: Will it be a statement neckclace, a stunning pair of earrings, or really big hair? You decide.

Most of my life I was occupied with American television and American food. My ethnicity was my choice. It still is

I encourage you to stop saying, "I just want to look not so bad" and instead say, "I want to look fabulous."

I equate peonies with love because they're the first blooms of summer.

I think that 60 percent of inspiration is organization.

How do I do it? I don't know how I wouldn't do it-that's the thing.

Style makes you feel great because it takes your mind off the fact that you're going to die.

Just when I think I hate fashion, I hate clothes, I'm seized by this crazy thing that I have to do. I have this little studio now where I just draw. I can be in the room for three days and not even look up

A bathroom should be sterile and beautiful and functional. It should exude Japanese-style purity.

Remember this: No one is looking at your imperfections; they're all too busy worrying about their own.

There's no reason for unhappiness if you're living with nice design.

There is one common philosophy, one thing that you can do no matter who you are or what you look like: You can actually get passionate instead of remaining cool or instead of trying to look like everybody else. You can - you must - immerse yourself passionately in who you are if you want to have style.

To me, you can't have style without being inspired. When I design a collection, I am inspired by so many things. The color of a flower. The shape of a butterly's wing. The juxtaposition of an old tenement building next to a shiny new skyscraper.

The last thing I want to become is one of those talking heads where everything is satiny smooth and you know what the next question is going to be

I'm all about exuberance. We only have one short life to live, and we shouldn't waste it being tasteful.

You're not working with models, you're working with real women who have, like, anatomy. Models do not have anatomy

A mutt is couture-it's the only one like it in the world, made especially for you.

Color is like food for the spirit - plus it's not addictive or fattening.

It's no wonder we know how to dress; we've spent centuries in closets.

The more relaxed you can get, the better you'll do

Sometimes I'm really dressed up, and it really turns me on