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Legendary American designer Calvin Klein celebrates his 71st birthday today. To honor the man who brought casual chic to the mainstream, we’re getting inside the fashion designer’s mind – from his thoughts on his controversial advertising campaigns to whether he’d ever undergo plastic surgery. Click through the gallery for some of Calvin Klein’s most memorable quotes and archival photos.
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“I don’t dwell on success. Maybe that’s one reason I’m successful.”
2/20
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“I think there’s something incredibly sexy about a woman wearing her boyfriend’s T-shirt and underwear.”
3/20
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“The best thing is to look natural, but it takes makeup to look natural.”
4/20
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“Anything I wanted to do, I did. If there’s something I want to do, nothing stops me.”
5/20
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“You don’t only worry about the people who hate or resent you; in a way, you’re more worried about the people who love you.”
6/20
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“I have a reputation of being easygoing. But inside, I’m like nails. I will kill.”
7/20
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“What we’re doing is fun – if you have any sense of humor at all.”
8/20
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“People who run a ready-to-wear company are businessmen rather than production or design people.”
9/20
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“I guess I don’t have a proper perspective on my fame; if I did, I don’t think I’d like it.”
10/20
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“I’m crazy, and I don’t pretend to be anything else.”
11/20
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“The only way to advertise is by not focusing on the product.”
12/20
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“Jeans are my calling card.”
13/20
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“I won’t allow myself to have tremendous fear.”
14/20
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“I’m in a business where no one cares about anything except how well your last collection sold.”
15/20
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“It [fashion] should be really contemporary, and we should be answering people’s needs.”
16/20
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“If you think of how those women dressed, the kind of refinement, that kind of elegance. That’s really the inspiration for these clothes.”
17/20
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“Anyone who is secure about herself shouldn’t be threatened by the ads I do.”
18/20
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“Designer jeans are a relatively new phenomenon.”
19/20
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“I love Brooke. Exploiting her was never my intention.”
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“I personally would not have plastic surgery. It looks ridiculous.”
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