It's only intelligent to wish to look after yourself properly.

Don't look left nor right and never compete. Never. Watching the other guy is what kills all forms of energy.

I think we live only through our dreams and our imagination.

I certainly didn't learn anything in school. My education was the world.

The two greatest mannequins of the century were Gertrude Stein and Edith Sitwell - unquestionably. You just couldn't take a bad picture of those two old girls

When I arrived in America, I had these very dark red nails which some people objected to, but then some people object to absolutely everything.

Balenciaga often said that women did not have to be perfect or beautiful to wear his clothes. When they wore his clothes, they became beautiful.