Algebra looked like Chinese characters to me, and I could never get into reading Shakespeare. I just did not get it.
Tommy Hilfiger
But I think, if you're in the spotlight, people are going to say bad things, and that's just the way it is.
Tommy Hilfiger
I currently live in the Plaza in New York and I love it - all that history, all those interesting stories.
Tommy Hilfiger
I disapprove of lots of decisions made by George Bush: the war, the meddling in the affairs of other countries, the conversations with dictators; it was a dark time.
Tommy Hilfiger
I had eight brothers and sisters. Every Christmas my younger brother Bobby would wake up extra early and open everybody's presents - everybody's - so by the time the rest of us got up, all the gifts were shredded, ribbons off, torn open and thrown aside.
Tommy Hilfiger
I had no confidence at school. I was not a good student and I really thought I was pretty stupid. Just dumb.
Tommy Hilfiger
I knew exactly what I wanted to do. I wanted to build some kind of lifestyle brand that was preppy and cool.
Tommy Hilfiger
I looked at my competitors and I thought that, If they could do it, I could do it. And if, they are popular and doing well, I could compete with them.
Tommy Hilfiger
I looked at the rap community like street kids wanting their own brand. But now I look at that period with the rappers in the 90s as a trend of the moment. What it taught me was never to follow a trend, because trends move on.
Tommy Hilfiger
I think it is really important to have a sense of business. As a designer you can get so wrapped up in the design and fashion side that you forget the business side.
Tommy Hilfiger
I think it's dangerous to think that you're successful, because then you become complacent.
Tommy Hilfiger
I thought, if I went into business I'd be able to control my own destiny.
Tommy Hilfiger
I was looking at people like Jim Morrison and David Bowie and Mick Jagger and I thought, Ah! I want to look like them.
Tommy Hilfiger
I'm a designer of more than clothes. I am a designer of a very creative concept.
Tommy Hilfiger
I've never tried to do couture, because it's a whole different beast.
Tommy Hilfiger
If I see someone wearing Hilfiger it makes me proud, but then I wonder what I could do to make the style more relevant for them next year?
Tommy Hilfiger
In designing a lifestyle brand, you have to know more than just designing clothes.
Tommy Hilfiger
It was difficult for me because I was searching for the answer for so long, and the answer was right in front of me. Do what I do best.
Tommy Hilfiger
My mother inspired me to treat others as I would want to be treated regardless of age, race or financial status.
Tommy Hilfiger
My mother was kind and forgiving and would take in all the waifs and strays in our neighbourhood; we always compared her to Mother Teresa. She taught me a lot.
Tommy Hilfiger
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