Calvin Klein

Calvin Klein

18 quotes

The American fashion designer Calvin Klein (b. 1942) is remembered as much for penetrating words as for professional achievements. The range of their thinking — from Women to Business — speaks to an intellectual restlessness that shows in every quote. Browse 20 quotes by Calvin Klein that cover ground from Women, Business, Trust, Success, and Sports. A line that stays with you: "I love women. I'm trying to do beautiful things with them. I'm not trying to insult them. My life is not about that."

“Some people feel that what we're doing makes no sense, that it's just a waste of money. But it's working.”

— Calvin Klein

Money

All Quotes by Calvin Klein

“I'm not a politician and don't want any part of politics.”

— Calvin Klein

Politics

“When I get into bed at night, I hope I don't get into it alone!”

— Calvin Klein

Alone

“I'm in a business where no one cares about anything except how well your last collection sold.”

— Calvin Klein

Business

“People who run a ready-to-wear company are businessmen rather than production or design people.”

— Calvin Klein

Design

“Some people feel that what we're doing makes no sense, that it's just a waste of money. But it's working.”

— Calvin Klein

Money

“I don't trust a lot of journalists.”

— Calvin Klein

Trust

“What we're doing is fun - if you have any sense of humor at all!”

— Calvin Klein

Humor

“When I started the business, I hardly went home. I became very driven about work and about my career.”

— Calvin Klein

Business

“I don't dwell on success. Maybe that's one reason I'm successful.”

— Calvin Klein

Success

“There has been a change in men's attitudes toward their clothes. Men are more aware of fashion they're not afraid of it.”

— Calvin Klein

Change

“I love women. I'm trying to do beautiful things with them. I'm not trying to insult them. My life is not about that.”

— Calvin Klein

Women

“We're not doing outrageous fashion I make sports clothes that are relatively conservative, clothes that everyone wears.”

— Calvin Klein

Sports

“Women's Wear Daily can do more than any other publication to establish a designer.”

— Calvin Klein

Women

“No 27-year-old has the experience to run a company that does a quarter of a billion dollars a year in sales.”

— Calvin Klein

Experience

“The best thing is to look natural, but it takes makeup to look natural.”

— Calvin Klein

Best

“I won't allow myself to have tremendous fear.”

— Calvin Klein

Fear

“People in their 70s can still have incredible lives. Health is the most important thing.”

— Calvin Klein

Health

“I'm not a drug addict. My wild period wasn't about drugs it was about sexual freedom.”

— Calvin Klein

Freedom