If I just do it, it will take less time than telling someone what I'm thinking, and have them free associate, and then come back to me and I'll hate it and I'll have to redo it.

I'm all about exuberance. We only have one short life to live, and we shouldn't waste it being tasteful.

You listen to Handel operas, right? And there are a thousand of them, right? And they all sound alike. If I look back on my work, maybe it's the same thing.

Color is like food for the spirit - plus it's not addictive or fattening.

I don't like people to feel completely described by the clothes they wear of mine. I want them to feel that they're describing themselves.

You know what makes me teary? Goya. Goya makes me cry.

In Paris, it used to feel like you were living in a museum. As beautiful as it was, it's still limited. But here you have just everything.