Ozwald Quotes & Sayings

Anyone can wear any color. The question is about finding the right shade. There is a momentary trend to dark colors because when the financials are not that great, people go for black, navy and grey. — Ozwald Boateng

If you knew you could change your lifestyle and diet and avoid heart disease and other things, you should do it. — Laila Ali

I am mortal, born to love and to suffer. — Friedrich Holderlin

Tailoring was considered to be a world that was very traditional, and basically going out of fashion. Fashion designers did not have a real link with tailoring or tradition, so I fused the two worlds together. — Ozwald Boateng

I haven't been to a job interview since I was 16 years old. When I was approached by Givenchy it was more like a courtship. — Ozwald Boateng

Deception is a sort of seduction. In love and war, adultery and espionage, deceit can only succeed if the deceived party is willing, in some way, to be deceived. — Ben Macintyre

In Los Angeles, I'm always in Fred Segal. It's become a ritual. I have lunch and then buy lots of things I don't need. Usually tons of clothes for the kids that they grow out of in 10 seconds. — Ozwald Boateng

You can't have style if you don't have substance. — Ozwald Boateng

I could break bricks with my hands when I was 12. — Akshay Kumar

FMr. Oswald places the telescope on the desk in front of us. "This," he says proudly, "Is a Broadhurst. It was the most powerful telescope for backyard veiwing in its day."
Which was when?" Lizzy asks.
The nineteen thirties," he replies. "Isn't it a beauty? On a clear night, you could see the whole entire solar system with this one."
Unable to stop myself, I blurt out, "My very energetic mother just served us nine pizzas."
Lizzy gawks at me like I have two heads. "He's lost it; he's finally lost it. I knew this day would come."
Mr. Ozwald chuckles. "Jeremy has just given us a mnemonic device for remembering the order of the planets. — Wendy Mass

The law works fear and wrath; grace works hope and mercy. — Martin Luther

Shirt collars are very important to me. Putting a very soft shirt collar with a formal suit doesn't work for me at all. — Ozwald Boateng

Jazz has an audience all around the globe and has had for many decades, I think speaking of the United States, let's say that what we need is more of an official recognition. — Sonny Rollins

I'm not into street clothes. Don't understand it. I don't understand those over-exaggerated jean sizes so they hang off your back ... I just don't understand it. — Ozwald Boateng

I have my fashion empire to build. — Ozwald Boateng

I'm doing a lot of things in Africa. I've formed a company with two friends of mine called Made In Africa and we are doing a lot of important things across the continent. — Ozwald Boateng

If you're a designer, there's got to be some films that you've seen that have inspired you creatively. There's no escaping that. — Ozwald Boateng

If you battle monsters, you don't always become a monster. But you aren't entirely human anymore, either. — Jonathan Maberry

You come to me and it's my job to make you look the best you can look. From an image point of view, would I prefer to dress Jude Law instead of Rolf Harris? Of course. But it's my job to make them both look great. — Ozwald Boateng

He used to say the uglier things are the longer they live, and the ugliest things live forever. — Mal Peet

Don't look for someone who will solve all your problems; look for someone who will face them with you. — John Spence

I'm ready to do womenswear. You've always got to be inspired by something new - women have so much more shape and I'm about finding what to engineer around those shapes. — Ozwald Boateng

When things happen - you ask yourself why today, why not tomorrow, why not yesterday? That's the most amazing thing about time. — Ozwald Boateng

Film is such a very good tool for communicating emotions, and all designers and creative people look to inspire an emotional response. — Ozwald Boateng

Film has always been a really good tool for me to communicate emotion about why I create a collection. I'm probably one of the first designers to make short films. — Ozwald Boateng

Foster a curiosity for the uncommon, regardless of how unpopular it is. The uncommon is where opportunity likes to hide. — Ernie J Zelinski

Style is an extension of yourself. My approach is to enhance the personality of the wearer, so he has his own voice — Ozwald Boateng

The basic idea for what became 'Epic Mickey' began at the Disney Think Tank. — Warren Spector

WHEN "I" IS REPLACED WITH "WE" EVEN ILLNESS BECOMES WELLNESS. — Malcolm X

Because I'm a designer, I'm quite good when I shop. I know what I'm looking for. — Ozwald Boateng

We have freedoms and boundaries; we just have a great family life. — Kelly Preston

We never know how much one loves till we know how much he is willing to endure and suffer for us; and it is the suffering element that measures love. The characters that are great must, of necessity, be characters that shall be willing, patient and strong to endure for others. To hold our nature in the willing service of another is the divine idea of manhood, of the human character. — Henry Ward Beecher

When I started, department stores were either very fashion, or very tailored, so the two never mixed. I mixed it, and they said you're too tailored for fashion and too fashion for tailoring. So I had to move the market. So that's what I did. — Ozwald Boateng

I had a suit made for me when I was five. It was double-breasted, mohair and purple. My mother was very particular about clothing - it always used to have to go back into the plastic and it used to drive me insane. — Ozwald Boateng

My wife and I have a tradition of popcorn and videos with our kids on Friday evenings. — Ozwald Boateng

There was nothing to scare me but shadows, and the shadows were not even properly visible when I looked at them directly. — Neil Gaiman