I’m like a rock singer with one-night stands on the road. I’m here for two days in New York; I leave in the morning early. I come back for Anna Wintour’s party at the Met, then again at the end of May for a prize I get from the Gordon Parks Foundation.

I've only wanted paper and beautiful colors. It was my dream, and it still is my dream. And books. They're all I need, and the rest I can do without.

I think that it's a crime to say you are bored when time is so precious and there are so many things to do in life: read, learn, watch.

Oh yes, I love to do shoes. I'm not a fetishist but I love to do shoes.

Yes, some people say to me you're too skinny, but never a skinny person says that to me, only people who could lose a few pounds say that.

I live my memoirs, I don’t have to write them down.

The advantage of Fashion is that there is no racism