The best Quotes from Halston

I think once you call yourself a genius, you stop growing.

Halston: "Some models just wear clothes. Elsa, she makes them her own."
Ed: "I thought Liza was your muse?"
Halston: "Well, you can't have too many muses."

Or someone might say, "Lisa, what a nice hat you have on." And I'll say, "Thank you very much, but my name is Liza. And that's my hair."

Joe: "That collection you did for Bergdorf's? Looked like cement. Nobody wanted 'em."
Halston: "Nobody understood them."
Joe: "You don't want to understand a dress. You want to love it."

Halston: "I'm gonna do what Ralph Lifshitz did, only bigger."
Ed: "Why don't I know this name?"
Halston: "Because he changed his last name to f*cking 'Lauren'."

Henry: "Hat sales are down 30% from last quarter, and the previous quarter down 40%."
Halston: "We're trending up, is what you're saying."

Ed Austin: "No, thanks. I don't accept drinks from strangers."
Halston: "Then tell me your name. We won't be strangers."

Can't put a budget on inspiration.

If I can get my designs on the one right person, I can get them on every woman in America.

Henry: "People just don't wear hats anymore. What are you going to do about it?"
Halston: "Well I'm hard at work making the sun brighter, but until I get my rainmaking machine working, I don't know what I'll do. Except maybe drink after this meeting."

People gather by the thousands to witness the inauguration of John Fitzgerald Kennedy. As the motorcade makes its way down Pennsylvania Avenue, they hope to catch a glimpse of First Lady Jackie Kennedy in a dress by designer Oleg Cassini and a simple, yet elegant pillbox by hatmaker Mr. Halston.

Fashion starts with fashionable people.

You are only as good as the people you dress.

There are no problems, only opportunities.

You need to create the illusion of success for people to pay attention.

The one thing I do not want to be called is First Lady. It sounds like a saddle horse.

The first time you marry for love, the second for money, and the third for companionship.

Even though people may be well known, they hold in their hearts the emotions of a simple person for the moments that are the most important of those we know on earth: birth, marriage and death.

The regrets of yesterday and the fear of tomorrow can kill you.

Money makes the world go round.

If believing in yourself and going after what you want in life and realising your worth is ruthless and selfish, then I'm definitely ruthless and selfish.

Fashion fades, only style remains the same.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

The British electors will not vote for a man who does not wear a hat.

Even in the darkness, diamonds still shine.

Why would anyone want to be a pirate? It's the best thing there is. Wind in your back. The salty sea air. Loyal crew by your side.

What if everything that came from the past were influenced by the future?

It takes much more courage to be in love than it does for war.

Don't exploit an advantage just because it emerges; wait until the optimal moment, then strike.

Ats Ayittey: "Excuse me but this is the quiet carriage."
Stefan Tovell: "Shut the f*ck up then."

"Hey. Do you like bad boys?"
"Sure do. Let me know if you find one."

Marcus: "My bike. It's gone. She took it."
Max: "So that's like Grand Theft Auto. Or Grand Theft Bike."

Aimee: "Did you know you need, like, sugar and flour and an oven to bake? And you don't shove it all in, you have to follow alle these rules."
Maeve: "Yeah, it's called a recipe."

I think love should come out of nowhere, sweep you up completely.

Lip: "Hey, whoa. You really think they deserve your hard-earned money for that service?"
Frank: "Dine and dash?"
Lip: "Bite and bolt."
Frank: "Eat it and beat it?"