My most treasured clothing item is first suit that I made - acid green. It was disgusting, but I love it. It's been mended a million times, but I still wear it.

I didn't need it [formal training], because I've got the best taste in the world.

I don't know why my shoes are so popular - I am always surprised and mystified by it.

You'd see extraordinary-looking people around in the '70s. It was so exciting! You'd have mad people, like Gerlinde Kostiff riding around on her bicycle with a huge hat. Everybody was doing things. I don't have any bad memories of that period.

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

I never wanted to be the most famous, the most beautiful, the most extravagant.

I'm a great observer of delicate situations and women. I really like that bygone type of movement, and for a long time I had been looking for it.