Elegance is something more than ease; it is more than a freedom from awkwardness or restraint. It implies, I conceive, a precision, a polish, a sparkling, spirited yet delicate.
Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance.
Wine is one of the most civilized things in the world and one of the most natural things of the world that has been brought to the greatest perfection, and it offers a greater range for enjoyment and appreciation than, possibly, any other purely sensory thing.
I love luxury. And luxury lies not in richness and ornateness but in the absence of vulgarity. Vulgarity is the ugliest word in our language. I stay in the game to fight it.
Elegance is not standing out, but being remembered.
Elegance is the only beauty that never fades.
Elegance is accepted and admired because it makes no effort to be elegant.
I respect the audience's intelligence a lot, and that's why I don't try to go for the lowest common denominator.
I always carry my classic black-and-white tux and custom-made George Esquivel saddle shoes.
I'm a sucker for interiors and carefully, beautifully filmed people sitting in a big room. My appetites are simple.
Elegance doesn’t mean being noticed, it means being remembered
Even as exuberant as my style is and as over the top as I may be, I can appreciate a classic when it's really well done.
A woman should never be seen eating or drinking, unless it be lobster salad and Champagne, the only true feminine and becoming viands.
My glasses are from Cutler & Gross. They're not prescription: I just love wearing them. I used to wear Ray-Ban a lot and then I realised that a lot of the things I've started going for are a little bit more refined. I liked the fact that I was supporting a British brand, somebody I could have a relationship with and people that I could talk to.
Popular culture is seductive; high culture is imperious.
Who knows how to taste wine never drinks wine again, but tastes secrets instead
I should be European, man. I'm long and lean. I'd look good in a trench coat.
Taste may be compared to that exquisite sense of the bee, which instantly discovers and extracts the quintessence of every flower, and disregards all the rest of it.
I have an image of what a British gentleman looks like, and that image finds real expression in Prince Charles. He is beyond fashion - he is an archetype of style.
Is there no Latin word for Tea? Upon my soul, if I had known that I would have let the vulgar stuff alone.
My taste in coffee has got better with age, and so has my taste in music.
If they who understand the utmost refinement of any art will enjoy the perfection of it in a manner superior to other men, will they not amply pay for that advantage in feeling more than other men the imperfection of it, which in the natural course of things must so much oftener fall in their way?
Money does not make you look expensive, it’s taste.
When we become expert in something, our tastes grow more esoteric and complex.
Elegance isn't solely defined by what you wear. It's how you carry yourself, how you speak, what you read.
