I'm crazy, and I don't pretend to be anything else.
Calvin Klein
The best thing is to look natural, but it takes makeup to look natural.
I think there's something incredibly sexy about a woman wearing her boyfriend's T-shirt and underwear.
I don't dwell on success. Maybe that's one reason I'm successful.
I'm not trying to be Mr. Universe, but I want to stay in shape.
It's fun seeing my label on someone's behind - I like that.
I have the reputation of being easygoing. But inside, I'm like nails. I will kill.
There are a lot of gay people in fashion, but it's not as if every gay person is a great creator.
I don't always want my opinion known. What little privacy I have left I'd like to maintain.
I've been strong and determined all my life about many things I've wanted.
The only way to advertise is by not focusing on the product.
You don't only worry about the people who hate or resent you; in a way, you're more worried about the people who love you.
People who run a ready-to-wear company are businessmen rather than production or design people.
I won't allow myself to have tremendous fear.
I personally would not have plastic surgery. What the hell for? It looks ridiculous.
I'm neither Democrat nor Republican.
There has been a change in men's attitudes toward their clothes. Men are more aware of fashion; they're not afraid of it.
I'm in a business where no one cares about anything except how well your last collection sold.
AIDS is an absolutely tragic disease. The argument about AIDS' being some kind of divine retribution is crap.
We were using Brooke as an actress; she was playing different roles: a liberated woman, a teenager, a vamp.
I'm more offended when someone's killed on television than when there's something that's sensuous or sexual. So what?
I've met people who didn't even know there was a Calvin Klein; they thought it was just the name of a product.
No 27-year-old has the experience to run a company that does a quarter of a billion dollars a year in sales.
People have told me about organized crime in the fashion industry, but I can't talk about that. I'm looking to stay alive.
When I started the business, I hardly went home. I became very driven about work and about my career.
Traditionally, the sample is always better than the stock you deliver to the store.
I certainly feel that an adult woman has a right to determine what happens to her life and body.
I don't think about my fame very much.
I love Brooke. Exploiting her was never my intention.
People in their 70s can still have incredible lives. Health is the most important thing.
I'm a sexual person, and that's reflected in my clothes and my advertisements.
Nothing earth-shattering has happened in men's fashion. How much can you do with men's clothes?
What we're doing is fun - if you have any sense of humor at all!
My men's-underwear print ads are very popular!
I still drink vodka; I'm not an advocate of drinking, but I'm no angel. I don't like grass, because it just makes me hungry.
I have the New York Daily News to thank for the jeans controversy.
We're not doing outrageous fashion; I make sports clothes that are relatively conservative, clothes that everyone wears.
Some people feel that what we're doing makes no sense, that it's just a waste of money. But it's working.
I couldn't have attended half the parties that I was supposed to have been to according to the newspapers. It bothers me.
Commercials capture your attention, that's all.
People read things into my commercials that don't even exist.
If you really love someone and care about him, you can survive many difficulties.
There's an awareness of fashion in this country, and it's not limited to gay people.
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.
My wardrobe consists of antique clothes, many of my designs, plus shoes and shirts from Brooks Brothers and Paul Stuart.
Levi's can produce many more Western jeans than we can and make them at a better price.
I don't trust a lot of journalists.
Anyone who is secure about herself shouldn't be threatened by the ads I do.
I guess I don't have a proper perspective on my fame; if I did, I don't think I'd like it.
I'm not a politician and don't want any part of politics.
