All my life I've pursued the perfect red.

Balenciaga was incredibleI was madly infatuated with his clothes. His clothes were devastating. One fainted. One simply blew up and died.

I've always had such wonderful opportunities, but I never made the effort, haven't put on the pressure. But I never took them.

Never fear being vulgar, just boring, middle class or dull.

The only real elegance is in the mind; if you've got that, the rest really comes from it.

My life has been more influenced by books than by any other one thing.

I was always sort of a loner, I suppose. I always had to think out everything for myself... I suppose that is what you call a loner.