The poetry of fashion lies in the creation of illusion
He who does not enjoy his own company is usually right.
Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance.
I stood up for myself as I always have done. Nobody has ever told Coco Chanel what to think.
Eat less than you think you want, eat with your intelligence, not your stomach. Never get up from the table with an inward, silent apology for being a pig.
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.