Ralph Lauren

“I have always been inspired by the dream of America—families in the country, weathered trucks and farmhouses; things that are real and not about fashion.”

“Style is very personal. It has nothing to do with fashion. Fashion is over quickly. Style is forever.”

“The clothes that I design and the child I want to have are the same thing. I want a classic-looking child, a child that is not trendy.”

“I've never wanted to be in fashion. Because if you're in fashion, you're going to be out of fashion.”

“My life has been a dream. If you can do what you love and be successful, that's a dream.”

“I don't design clothes. I design dreams.”

“People ask how can a Jewish kid from the Bronx do preppy clothes? Does it have to do with class and money? It has to do with dreams.”

“A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done.”

“You have to create something from nothing.”

“Personal style is about having a sense of yourself and what you believe in and wearing what you like.”

“The world is open to us, and each day is an occasion to reinvent ourselves.”

“I am not a person who is about reality. I am about dreaming.”

“When you create a world, it's not just one thing. It's the clothes, it's the home, it's the fragrance.”

“I went to my boss, and I said, 'Look, I'd like to design these ties because I think they could be new.' He said, 'The world isn't ready for Ralph Lauren.' I never forgot that because... I thought that was a compliment.”

“Fashion is not necessarily about labels. It's not about brands. It's about something else that comes from within you.”