I'd rather be relevant than cool.

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

The whole season thing is nonsense. It's either beautiful or it isn't. That's something I really learned when I started collecting dresses.

I am very sensitive to the smells and sensations that are part of perfumes because they remind me of things: moments from the past, people, events.

All I want is beautiful. I mean, I like grey hair, I love wrinkles. But this is me.

I need to feel a desire, to find pleasure in moving forward, creating, inventing. The day I cease to learn, I must stop.

When I'm traveling the world, I don't ever look anymore at the geography - just enough to catch galleries and paintings.