I don’t always want my opinion known. What little privacy I have left I’d like to maintain.

Meaning of the quote

Calvin Klein, a famous American designer, is saying that he doesn't always want to share his thoughts and opinions with everyone. He values the little bit of privacy he has left and would like to keep it that way. He prefers to keep some things to himself instead of letting everyone know what he thinks.

About Calvin Klein

Calvin Klein is an iconic American fashion designer who founded the Calvin Klein brand in 1968. Known for his innovative clothing designs, he has also lent his name to a range of successful perfumes, watches, and jewelry over the years.

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I’ve been strong and determined all my life about many things I’ve wanted.

Calvin Klein

American fashion designer

It seems there’s always another rumor about my life; some people are simply talked about more than others.

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American fashion designer

I’m in a business where no one cares about anything except how well your last collection sold.

Calvin Klein

American fashion designer

If I allow journalists to describe a collection and they make mistakes, I’m upset, because the retractions are never noticed.

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No 27-year-old has the experience to run a company that does a quarter of a billion dollars a year in sales.

Calvin Klein

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I don’t trust a lot of journalists.

Calvin Klein

American fashion designer

I certainly feel that an adult woman has a right to determine what happens to her life and body.

Calvin Klein

American fashion designer

People have told me about organized crime in the fashion industry, but I can’t talk about that. I’m looking to stay alive.

Calvin Klein

American fashion designer

I still drink vodka; I’m not an advocate of drinking, but I’m no angel. I don’t like grass, because it just makes me hungry.

Calvin Klein

American fashion designer

We were using Brooke as an actress; she was playing different roles: a liberated woman, a teenager, a vamp.

Calvin Klein

American fashion designer

I don’t think about my fame very much.

Calvin Klein

American fashion designer

I’m not selling sex. I’m selling underwear and jeans, and I’m not trying to do it with pornography.

Calvin Klein

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There has been a change in men’s attitudes toward their clothes. Men are more aware of fashion; they’re not afraid of it.

Calvin Klein

American fashion designer

I’m crazy, and I don’t pretend to be anything else.

Calvin Klein

American fashion designer

Women’s Wear Daily can do more than any other publication to establish a designer.

Calvin Klein

American fashion designer

I don’t always want my opinion known. What little privacy I have left I’d like to maintain.

Calvin Klein

American fashion designer

What we’re doing is fun – if you have any sense of humor at all!

Calvin Klein

American fashion designer

I’m more offended when someone’s killed on television than when there’s something that’s sensuous or sexual. So what?

Calvin Klein

American fashion designer

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.

Calvin Klein

American fashion designer

I have the New York Daily News to thank for the jeans controversy.

Calvin Klein

American fashion designer

I personally would not have plastic surgery. What the hell for? It looks ridiculous.

Calvin Klein

American fashion designer

If you really love someone and care about him, you can survive many difficulties.

Calvin Klein

American fashion designer

I’m not a drug addict. My wild period wasn’t about drugs; it was about sexual freedom.

Calvin Klein

American fashion designer

The only way to advertise is by not focusing on the product.

Calvin Klein

American fashion designer

I couldn’t have attended half the parties that I was supposed to have been to according to the newspapers. It bothers me.

Calvin Klein

American fashion designer

My men’s-underwear print ads are very popular!

Calvin Klein

American fashion designer

Levi’s can produce many more Western jeans than we can and make them at a better price.

Calvin Klein

American fashion designer

Traditionally, the sample is always better than the stock you deliver to the store.

Calvin Klein

American fashion designer

I won’t allow myself to have tremendous fear.

Calvin Klein

American fashion designer

I’ve met people who didn’t even know there was a Calvin Klein; they thought it was just the name of a product.

Calvin Klein

American fashion designer

My wardrobe consists of antique clothes, many of my designs, plus shoes and shirts from Brooks Brothers and Paul Stuart.

Calvin Klein

American fashion designer

I’m a sexual person, and that’s reflected in my clothes and my advertisements.

Calvin Klein

American fashion designer

It’s fun seeing my label on someone’s behind – I like that.

Calvin Klein

American fashion designer

I love women. I’m trying to do beautiful things with them. I’m not trying to insult them. My life is not about that.

Calvin Klein

American fashion designer

When I started the business, I hardly went home. I became very driven about work and about my career.

Calvin Klein

American fashion designer

I’m not trying to be Mr. Universe, but I want to stay in shape.

Calvin Klein

American fashion designer

Anyone who is secure about herself shouldn’t be threatened by the ads I do.

Calvin Klein

American fashion designer

I guess I don’t have a proper perspective on my fame; if I did, I don’t think I’d like it.

Calvin Klein

American fashion designer

People in their 70s can still have incredible lives. Health is the most important thing.

Calvin Klein

American fashion designer

I have the reputation of being easygoing. But inside, I’m like nails. I will kill.

Calvin Klein

American fashion designer

We’re not doing outrageous fashion; I make sports clothes that are relatively conservative, clothes that everyone wears.

Calvin Klein

American fashion designer

I don’t dwell on success. Maybe that’s one reason I’m successful.

Calvin Klein

American fashion designer

I’m neither Democrat nor Republican.

Calvin Klein

American fashion designer

I’m not a politician and don’t want any part of politics.

Calvin Klein

American fashion designer

People read things into my commercials that don’t even exist.

Calvin Klein

American fashion designer

I love Brooke. Exploiting her was never my intention.

Calvin Klein

American fashion designer

People who run a ready-to-wear company are businessmen rather than production or design people.

Calvin Klein

American fashion designer

I think there’s something incredibly sexy about a woman wearing her boyfriend’s T-shirt and underwear.

Calvin Klein

American fashion designer

Nothing earth-shattering has happened in men’s fashion. How much can you do with men’s clothes?

Calvin Klein

American fashion designer

There are a lot of gay people in fashion, but it’s not as if every gay person is a great creator.

Calvin Klein

American fashion designer

AIDS is an absolutely tragic disease. The argument about AIDS’ being some kind of divine retribution is crap.

Calvin Klein

American fashion designer

The best thing is to look natural, but it takes makeup to look natural.

Calvin Klein

American fashion designer

Some people feel that what we’re doing makes no sense, that it’s just a waste of money. But it’s working.

Calvin Klein

American fashion designer

When I get into bed at night, I hope I don’t get into it alone!

Calvin Klein

American fashion designer

Commercials capture your attention, that’s all.

Calvin Klein

American fashion designer

There’s an awareness of fashion in this country, and it’s not limited to gay people.

Calvin Klein

American fashion designer