I'm a very down-to-earth person, but it is my job to make that earth more pleasant.

I never go anywhere. I do sketches and make phone calls, and people visit. It's more fun to come to Paris.

Luxury is the income tax of vanity. But it is so pleasant.

I rather want my things to be copied than me copying. I would feel ashamed!

I never fall in love.

Elegance has nothing to do with fashion.

You cannot fight against it. There's a price you have to pay for fame, and people who don't want to pay that price can get in trouble. I accepted the idea of celebrity because of a French expression: 'You cannot have the butter and the money for the butter.'