So perverse is mankind that every nationality prefers to be misgoverned by its own people than to be well ruled by another

There are not many original shapes or silhouettes -- only a million variations.

Cut in dressmaking is like grammar in language. A good design should be like a well made sentence and it should only express one idea at a time.

You should know that my most important contribution was always in tailoring; coats, jackets, wool dresses… so few of which went into the magazines.

The best design reveals itself during a long fatiguing process of digging into the subconscious.

The standard formulation on remedy is that it ought to cure past violations and prevent their recurrence. That's what antitrust is all about.

A great designer does not seek acceptance. He challenges popularity, and by the force of his convictions renders popular in the end what the public hates at first sight.