Any artist who has that quality of timelessness has that quality because they tell the truth.

When people say, 'Doesn't Gloria [Vanderbilt] look great? She's 85.' I say, 'Yes, she was a raving beauty when she was 20,' that's the key. Very helpful.

I am alternately very gregarious - very sociable - and then very solitary.

Being offended is a natural consequence of leaving the house.

A woman's quest in life should be to find the perfect apartment. And I have found the perfect apartment. The perfect apartment is the first floor of the Metropolitan Museum. With a sofa.

What I can't be is monogamous. That tends to upset people. I just don't like domestic life.

I am a New Yorker. I like New York. And I like cities. And it's not my desire to make New York more suburban. I would personally just like to vet each person.