The only rich person is a person who is rich in spirit. I have no money deposit. I have only beauty deposit.

Filipinos want beauty. I have to look beautiful so that the poor Filipinos will have a star to look at from their slums.

If the shoe fits, buy it.

Filipinos don't wallow in what is miserable and ugly. They recycle the bad into things of beauty.

The Marcos era was the golden time for the Philippines. We had the lowest crime rate in the world in Manila and real development then. At last, people are starting to understand this.

I was no Marie Antoinette. I was not born to nobility, but I had a human right to nobility.

People say I'm extravagant because I want to be surrounded by beauty. But tell me, who wants to be surrounded by garbage?