Thom Browne Quotes

I want people to see an honesty within me. I'm not trying to be the next Sam Cooke or Otis Redding.

My style is all to myself.

I've come more to terms with the fact that I sound like myself. No matter what I do, I sound like myself.

I think it's important to have your own individual style and sense of self. It's kind of what I do.

What I've learned from different designers is that it's key to be true to who you are and your vision. That's always been my line of thinking. Working through the whole design process, I don't want to create something I wouldn't be proud to wear.

Bernard Shaw said that when you copy yourself, you know you've got style. And I feel that if you can write like you write, then you are true to yourself. And it's not an easy thing to do - it's a disgustingly difficult thing to do.

If you look at the common denominator of all the comics who have had big success, it's being true to their nature... that's what takes a long time to learn.

I think my very best piece of advice is be yourself.

Everything that I design I would wear myself.

Don't try to guess what it is people want and give it to them. Don't ask for a show of hands. Try your best to write what you like, what you think your friends would like and what you think your father would like and then cross your fingers... The most valuable thing you have is your own voice.

Just be authentic and be you.

When I stepped into Bollywood, I had my own way because I knew no other way. People see it as unique but it has more to do with my personality.

It's tough to say what separates me from everyone else. I guess it's one of the things that the audience feels as soon as the spotlight hits me. All I can say is that I'm being as true to myself the best way I can.

I'm inspired by other people, but I don't really try to look like a certain person or anything. I kind of just do what I feel like doing.

I am not at all stylish. For me, style is a state of mind and individuality.

Everyone has their own style. It's unique; no one person's style is wrong.

I play myself on everything I do.

I've learnt that I've had the best results from just trying to be me, trying to make a movie or TV show I want to see or write a script I want to read, and that's really all I can offer - being authentic.

I think that my father would find it so confusing that people want to imitate him. Not because he didn't have confidence in who he was, but because he never imitated anybody. He was his own person.

The best advice I've received is to be yourself. The best artists do that.

Sexiness is about being an individual and having conviction about what that is.

Be yourself, let you come through.

I stay true to myself and my style, and I am always pushing myself to be aware of that and be original.

I would say trust your own judgment and develop your own style that is true in your heart and don't be deterred from that. Just develop that something that's unique to you that you feel you can give. Be true to yourself, trust your own judgment; that's all.

Don't try to be like me. Try to be like yourself. Try to be very good at being yourself.