When somebody wants to work and believes in something, it doesn't matter if you're well known or rich or whatever it is.

What is fashion? It's discipline. Discipline and a credo to do only the best, down to the smallest detail.

I don't like very young women very much. Never did.

I adore Jean-Louis Trintignant - even at 100 years old he's fabulous.

I get more tired by travelling than anything.

I think Lucy Ferry, now Birley, is absolutely beautiful. She's a modern girl, but she moves beautifully. Amanda [Harlech] moves beautifully when she's not working. All those English leftover society girls.

The secret of toe cleavage, a very important part of the sexuality of the shoe; you must only show the first two cracks.