I always say I hope to God I die in a town with a good tailor, a good shoemaker, and perhaps someone who's interested in a little quelque chose d'autre.

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

Never worry about the facts. Just project an image to the public.

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

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.

Style; all who have it have have one thing: originality.

Photographers aren't artists, for goodness sake.