20 Tom Ford Quotes on How to Balance Style With Substance

I think people who are compelled to achieve never really think they’ve achieved.

I do struggle because I’m attracted to beautiful things, yet at the same time I am actually very aware, in some sense, of their lack of value and that the most important things in life are your connections to other people.

Time and silence are the most luxurious things today.

I probably do have an obsessive personality, but striving for perfection has served me well.

I love to work. If I’m awake I’m working. But working isn’t working for me, working for me is the way I am, it’s just fun.

Good manners is what transforms a man into a gentleman.

You have to love what you do, to the point that you cannot imagine doing anything else with your life. You have to sleep, breath and live this. Otherwise, you really need to get out, now. And that’s not a joke.

I’m a believer in fate and in fulfilling your destiny. I’ve always had a kind of an inner voice that I have learned to listen to.

I thrive on failure.

From the time we’re born until we die, we’re kept busy with artificial stuff that isn’t important.

Glamour is something more than what you put on your body. It has to do with the way you carry yourself and the impact you have on others.

Never, ever, ever wear anything you are uncomfortable in. Because that is what you’ll project: ‘I look like a fool.’ Even if you don’t – you’ll be tentative and not your best.

It’s not about what your friends or partner thinks, it’s about what you feel.

Every day is one less day.

You should put on the best version of yourself when you go out in the world because that is a show of respect to the other people around you.

When you find somebody good, keep them in your life.

A good trick as you get older is to get a thick pair of glasses that have a dark frame. Everything else can droop and slide but that pair of dark glasses stays sharp and crisp.

My real life’s not like the fantasy Tom Ford world – with naked girls pouring perfume everywhere. It’s more staying in and watching Friends on television.

I guess I'm just one of these people who, when I decide I'm going to do something, I just do it.

I'm not totally fearless. I worry constantly and obsess over things, but I just don't let fear stand in the way of doing something that I really want to do.