You cannot be creative with people around you.

What I hate is nasty, ugly people.

Adele is another problem. I never said that she was fat. I said that she was a little roundish; a little roundish is not fat. But for such a beautiful girl... after that she lost eight kilos [17.6 pounds] so I think the message was not that bad.

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.

Stuff your brain with knowledge.

No, I'm not a French designer either. I'm from nowhere. I'm a European, old European is all I am.

We need houses as we need clothes, architecture stimulates fashion. It’s like hunger and thirst — you need them both.