Sometimes, because of my success, I am afraid that I was not a good father. With the first two I was too strong, and with the other three I was too weak. – Roberto Cavalli
I would like the people that buy my clothes to understand that for me it’s one small piece of art. – Roberto Cavalli
I’m used to always deciding everything myself. It’s a blessing, but also a terrible defect. – Roberto Cavalli
The big fish run the show. I’m a middle fish, but there are small fish that are poisonous. – Roberto Cavalli
In the evening every man looks the same. Like penguins. Women have a special dress for that event; men, the same tuxedo. – Roberto Cavalli
I really admire a woman for her intelligence, her personality. Beauty is not enough. – Roberto Cavalli
I know I have to be like people expect, because people love to dream with me, they like to think that I love my boat of 50 metres, that I drink Cristal for breakfast, that I dance until five o’clock in the morning. I am not like that. – Roberto Cavalli
Fashion should be something that in the morning, when you open your window, you say, ‘Oh fantastic, sun!’ Then you take your shower, you say, ‘OK fantastic, which colour I wear today because I feel happy?’ This should be fashion. – Roberto Cavalli
There is a real vulgarity in the way women dress at the moment. They show off too much and try too hard. They don’t understand where the line is between sexy and vulgar. I know where that line is. – Roberto Cavalli
I love a woman, I love to judge how beautiful she is, how beautiful I can make her. – Roberto Cavalli
In the beginning, I loved being famous, but now I am tired of it and I would like to go back to my freedom. – Roberto Cavalli
I am a helicopter pilot. Something that gives me pleasure sometimes is taking my helicopter to go high, 2000 meter, 6000 feet, to go there and feel like a bird. In this moment I feel free. – Roberto Cavalli
