Gauri Khan Quotes

Of course, design is a very personal thing: what I like, you may not like.

I don't like to dictate the style to the customer, I believe people give something their own trend.

I work with structure, but I go outside the box and give it my own spin. I adore the challenge of creating truly modern clothes - where a woman's personality and sense of style are realized.

Every home, office, club, yacht, landscape, or piece of furniture I may design will be different from the other. What will be consistent, however, is my own personal sense of style through it all.

Style is the perfection of a point of view.

If I'm going to go out to be a solo artist, it's because I want to do something different without having to wait on someone else's schedule or hobbies or be limited by other people's prejudices. I'd be kind of stupid not to exercise that.

I'd call my work 'instinctual design.' I like to find the spirit of a piece that defies time, age, and occasion. My clothes give the wearer the chance to develop their own voice within a wardrobe, and I think of them as curators of their personal style.

I think homes should reflect the individuals and their individual taste rather than someone else's.

I really don't think of my work in terms of a genre. I think of it in terms of what I want to say, what I think is cool, and what I'm good at.

I don't think there's any formula for what makes great art.

As an artist I'd choose the thing that's beautiful more than the one that's true.

Personally, I feel that in my own work I wanted to look programmed or impersonal but I don't really believe I am being impersonal when I do it. And I don't think you could do this.

I am against the notion of style in itself.

I like design, I like details, to me it is just another form of self-expression.

I have many musical inspirations, but I would really love to just be me. My very own artist.

We're dealing with sophisticated customers. What's most important to these women is individuality. I have to create things she'll want to wear, no matter who she is.

I think this, I think basically I'm not interested in people following my work or making work like my work.

The most important thing for me as an artist is having an identity.

Taste is so much more important than fashion.

I like to be a little different. I like details. Whatever I wear, I always have a say.

Janelle Monae, she has her own style, and it's specifically hers.

You develop a voice and a process that's unique to yourself.

With confidence, I think anyone can get a dress and make it their own. I don't think you should have it off the runway and wear it like they want you to wear it. You know, with their hair and makeup - their woman. I just think it's boring. You have to make it your own. That's what fashion is all about.

My clients can choose their own colours and fabrics to have something unique in their wardrobes.

I was so big, so I had to always come up with my own creations. Like, when I would do junior prom and stuff, I would have stuff specially made or added to my outfit. I definitely was always into trying to do something a little over and beyond.