We used to say that inside Cecil Beaton there was another Cecil Beaton sending out lots of little Cecils into the world. One did the sets, another did the costumes. A third took the photographs. Another put the sketches in an exhibition, then into magazines, then in a book.

There's a smile on my face for the whole human race.

Men die but an idea does not.

A schedule so tight that it would only work if I didn't sleep on Monday nights.

For a painter, the Mecca of the world for study, for inspiration, and for living is here on this star called Paris. Just look at it. No wonder so many artists have come here and called it home. Brother, if you can't paint in Paris, you'd better give up and marry the boss's daughter.

You see what happens today. Women act like men and want to be treated like women.

It's not a pretty face, I grant you. But underneath its flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.