Balenciaga did the most delicious evening clothes. Clothes aren't delicious any more.

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

The only thing people are interested in is people.

I'm for everybody. There are no set rules. But if one's not a joiner. To hell with all of them!

The first thing to do is to arrange to be born in Paris. After that, everything follows quite naturally.

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 think laying out a beautiful picture in a beautiful way is a bloody bore. I think you've got to blow it right across the page and down the side, crop it, cut it in half, combine it with something else... do something with it. You've got to make something out of it.