In 1919 I woke up famous. I'd never guessed it. If I'd known I was famous, I'd have stolen away and wept. I was stupid. I was supposed to be intelligent. I was sensitive and very dumb.

A major shortcoming of the Resistance is the outnumbering, before long, of the genuine warriors by camera-carrying midgets intent on leaving a record of their purported heroism.

I invented my life because I wasn't pleased with it.

I trained myself. Long ago, `Boy' [Arthur] Capel introduced me to 'Bludgeon the Poor!' (Assommons les pauvres!) which, rejecting resignation, informed my moral outlook for life.

Yves Saint Laurent is a young man of excellent taste; the more he copies me the more taste he displays.

Fashion changes, but style endures.

When I find a colour darker than black, I'll wear it. But until then, I'm wearing black!