The French say you get hungry when you’re eating, and I get inspired when I’m working. It’s my engine.

You have to be impeccable - I was always told as a child by my mother that you always have to be impeccable, even when you go to bed.

I never fall in love.

Don’t sacrifice yourself too much, because if you sacrifice too much there’s nothing else you can give and nobody will care for you.

My sisters were sent away because my mother thought they were boring. I was not boring.

I am not a fashion victim. Fashion is my victim.

For me, Chanel is like music. There are certain notes and you have to make another tune with them.