Luxury lies not in the richness of things, but in the absence of vulgarity

I invented my life by taking for granted that everything I did not like would have an opposite, which I would like.

Fashion becomes unfashionable. Style never.

In fashion, you know you have succeeded when there is an element of upset.

There is nothing worse than solitude. Solitude can help a man realize himself; but it destroys a woman

Disregarding the fact that I am old enough to be [Walter] Schellenberg's mother, I would feel nauseated to be coupled with a man whose ideology has debased our hearts.

Beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself.