I don't think that you can write music if you don't know how to play an instrument. You have to know the basics, then you can go forward.

For me, Lancome was more than just a brand. There was something very nostalgic about the name, about the whole story.

If I were a buyer today in one of the American department stores, I would go with extremes-the most beautiful, the more expensive, the more eccentric. I would take risks. The worst thing would be to buy only the little black dress. You know why? Because everyone has it already. I would go with a purple dress, something different

Many, many times I find that whatever is looking good on the screen doesn't always look or feel good on the body. So who do we design for - do we design for the screen, or do we design for women?

Everyone wants to be young and skinny. This is awful. Curves are marvelous. Wrinkles are hypnotizing. Why not just be happy with who you are?

Why not touch things that we hate and turn them upside down and inside out?

There is nothing scarier than being ‘the designer of the moment,’ because the moment ends.