All my life I’ve pursued the perfect red. I can never get painters to mix it for me. It’s exactly as if I’d said, ‘I want rococo with a spot of Gothic in it and a bit of Buddhist temple’—they have no idea what I’m talking about. About the best red is to copy the color of a child’s cap in any Renaissance portrait.

Before even the technique, there is a dream. Chanel had it. The dream is everything.

I mean, a new dress doesn't get you anywhere; it's the life you're living in the dress.

I read everything! I would have read the phone book if you put it in front of me. I just read.

A lie to get out of something, or take an advantage for oneself, that’s one thing; but a lie to make life more interesting—well, that’s entirely different.

I always wear my sweater back-to-front; it is so much more flattering.

Most people haven't got a point of view; they need to have it given to them––and what's more, they expect it from you.