I don't get my inspiration from books or a painting. I get it from the women I meet.

There have been a lot of changes [in the fashion industry], of course. You just have to accept it and be strong.

When you do something that you like, and you think you can keep doing it, you don't think about retiring.

You can't wait for people to tell you; you have to know yourself.

Money doesn't buy elegance. You can take an inexpensive sheath, add a pretty scarf, gray shoes, and a wonderful bag, and it will always be elegant.

You have to have talent to design and to dress thousands of women or millions of women around the world. And you know very well, the only thing they want is to look more beautiful.

Sometimes I'm a psychiatrist and I tell people in my office that my door is open, and if they have a problem to come and talk to me. Sometimes I say, "I have to close the door because I don't want to hear it!"