Oleg Cassini quotes:

The first lady must be a leader. She must not be a follower.

My goal in life was to pursue the good life.

A healthy mind and body are essential. No excesses. Proper food. The body is like a Rolls-Royce. With care, it could last 200 years. It's a dynamo; the more you use it, the more you recharge it.

Grace Kelly was a glacially cool, like a wonderful sherbet in the middle of the desert. Cooling, icy, clean. She was a genetic miracle, a superior woman.

At the very beginning of my career, when I opened my business in Italy, I was also a ranked tennis player. I had won many tournaments. To be an athlete was my first choice. Second choice: designer. However! There was more money in being a designer at that time.

A first date should be elegant. In comfortable surroundings. A place with excellent food, where you can talk easily and get to know each other.

Fashion anticipates ... elegance is a state of mind.

I was brought up in Florence, a beautiful medieval town whose rhythm is completely in antiquity.

Today's designers don't care if fashion has no relationship to human anatomy.

A designer is like a doctor for a woman. He has a specific job, and if he is doing it well, he will have the gratitude of the woman for the rest of his life.

Fashion anticipates, and elegance is a state of mind ... a mirror of the time in which we live, a translation of the future, and should never be static.

The best of life is to embark on an adventure with a woman interested in having an adventure with you.

Every time you choose a perfume, you are voting. And, of course, I hope you vote for me. Not only for my ego, but for my pocketbook. The more you buy, the more money I make.

Clothes are designed for the media, because it's a great show.

I spent half my life being hurt. The leftovers of hurt are an automatic gesture, like a dog that salivates.

My philosophy is this: Do not tamper with the anatomy of a woman's body; do not camouflage it.

You might say that I'm the Michelangelo of the dress business.

In our society, everyone wants to be a celebrity overnight.

Looks, health and elegance are what counts. Someone can look wonderful in a sweatsuit.

Good shoulders and a long waist are the most necessary when it comes to wearing clothes.

What is more important, the reality or the perception? I am perceived to be an important designer. It's enough for me.

Life is such a tragicomedy.

I am neither the handsomest nor the richest nor the most powerful, but I've had the greatest women in the world.

Be mobile at all times, even if it causes you suffering or feelings of loneliness. Unless you're willing to do that, you're never going to get the bigger rewards.

I have programmed myself to be at least 105 years old.

Every poor designer can go with things that are popular at the moment.

To be well dressed is a little like being in love

I drive my own horses in a race. And I always have.

A woman who laughs is a woman conquered.

I've been around tennis, and I have a feeling for the sport. I still play tennis, and I can still do a lot of harm to a lot of people.