Top 83 Quotes & Sayings by Famous Costume designers - Page 2

You collaborate with actors who are also talented and visionary and come together on a artistic direction within the confines of humanity and realism. The collaboration that you have had with all of these people plays an integral role in its final stage where editing and music are combine to enhance your work. This whole process is very rewarding and I wouldn't trade it for anything.

Realism is something we practice when we aren't feeling very well. When we don't feel up to the extra effort.

Never play the Devil's Advocate. Your words could be the difference between success and failure in someone else.

I think it is better for societies if no one dominates forever.

Looking for a gem, we are sometimes dumb enough to try to hold on to a lump of coal, convinced that it will turn into a diamond in our lifetime... but all it does it get sh*t all over you until you burn it and use the energy for something else.

It's nice to feel needed... it's better to feel wanted.

The way to find what the mainstream will do tomorrow is to associate with the lunatic fringe today.

How hollow must your life be for you to waste it hating and oppressing others, whose lives are of no consequence to your own?

It may be easier to get forgiveness than permission, but trust is harder to get back than both.

Today is the first day of the rest of your life, and if you screw that up, you can start again tomorrow.

There are moments when I resent even buying a book. But browsing is wonderful. I like to go and browse everywhere, even fashion shops. You can get influences from anywhere.

The costumes in museums are often not exhibited well. They look dead. It is much better to look at a painting by Bronzino than to go look at a Renaissance costume.

I am a slave to fashion. I love to get into what's hot and current when I dress myself or somebody else. Usually, it's someone else because I'm constantly working on finding the best looks for actors.

Insecurity isn't an attractive quality in a man.

Neglecting your health is the equivalent to spitting in the face of everyone fighting to stay alive and of those who have lost their fight.

Live like there’s no tomorrow and learn as if your life depends on it

I look at comic books, and I do very eclectic mood boards with ideas and images that have to do with a character or story point. It's a bit like spinning plates. You gradually just steal your ideas.

Somewhere on this planet is your best friend. Find that person.

Adults tend to repress their pleasure. Sad to say, I think we become adults only through disappointment, grief, and lies. So of course gradually we become tough, less sensitive.

I never think of an actor as a model. A model wears what you tell them to wear, that's their job. An actor is different. It's important to work with the actor because in the end that's who the audience sees and that's the success that you need.

Your past doesn't define you. Only your present and your future. If your life is screwed up, stop making excuses. What are you going to do about it today?

I begin with understanding the intentions of the story. That helps me to zero in. Then I gather research for each individual character and analyze the time period with comparisons to the figure and the facial structure. It helps to be comfortable with computers because the massive amount of research is kept electronically and shared with my staff this way. Very little is printed out. I work with an illustrator to come up with the proper silhouettes and details of the clothing from the time period to time period. And on and on.

I've always liked what the Navajos say when they part. They never say 'Goodbye.' They say 'Go in beauty.'