Tahari Quotes & Sayings

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

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

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. — Elie Tahari

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. — Elie Tahari

The art of the work is just as dependent upon your own mind and spirit as it is upon the material of the machine. That's why you need the peace of mind. — Robert M. Pirsig

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. — Elie Tahari

Your literary style reflects your personality. — Louis Auchincloss

Creativity to me is the life force that is in us. It's an animalistic instinct for survival. — Elie Tahari

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. — Elie Tahari

You want to feel like people are hiring you because they want to work with you, not because of who your parents are. — Lily Rabe

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

If you like something, go for it. — Elie Tahari

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

Half of an Assassin is just an Ass. — Eve Forward

Don't bring me problems. Bring me solutions. — Elie Tahari

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

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

Good sir, it is as much the part of great spirits to have patience when the world frowns upon them, as to be joyful when all goes well. Indeed I have heard say that this same she-thing they call Fortune is a whimsical freakish drunken queen, and blind into the bargain; so that she neither sees what she does, nor knows whom she raises, nor whom she casts down. — Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra

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

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

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

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

Pope Benedict XVI's resignation is big on buzz but is not the stunning surprise claimed by many pundits. It is rather a further example of the German theology professor's style that informed his years as head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, his term as pope, and the formation of his legacy to the church. — Eugene Kennedy

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

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

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

Love is a key ingredient for creativity. — Elie Tahari

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. — Elie Tahari