There is nothing more comfortable than a caterpillar and nothing more made for love than a butterfly. We need dresses that crawl and dresses that fly. Fashion is at once a caterpillar and a butterfly, caterpillar by day, butterfly by night.

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.

Fashion is in the sky, the streets, fashion has to do with ideas, the way in which we live, the events surrounding us.

Traveling is so complicated. There are so many people everywhere. I make my best journeys on my couch.

Good manners on a man are like wearing an exquisite suit. They never go out of style

Women have always been the strong ones of the world. The men are always seeking from women a little pillow to put their heads down on. They are always longing for the mother who held them as infants.

Fashion is architecture: it is a matter of proportions.