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

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

Don't look back. Just go ahead. Give ideas away. Under every idea there's a new idea waiting to be born.

Money has nothing to do with style at all, but naturally it helps every situation.

Chutney is marvelous. I'm mad about it. To me, it's very imperial.

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

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.