The first painting that I realised I liked was 'The Garden of Earthly Delights' by Hieronymus Bosch, when I was six years old, at the Prado in Madrid. I still find myself returning there every time I'm in the city.

My family - my husband, my daughters, my grandchildren, my great-grandchildren, all of them - are the most important thing in the world to me.

Life is hard. It is not too short, it is too long. But you have to learn how to live; you have to have a sense of humour.

It's not all about beauty! It's also about a sense of humor.

When you work in fashion, you need to work as a team. You cannot do anything on your own.

The little black dress must be luxurious, rich, sensual, diaphanous, exotic, severe, lush, demure, demanding, frivolous, amusing, and it must linger in memory, but above all, it must be simple and little and black.

I don't like to follow too many trends because trends tend to make women look like they are wearing uniforms.