The only realities in life are that you are born, and that you die. We always think we are going to live forever. The dying aspect we will never accept. The one thing about having this kind of warning is how you appreciate every single day of life.

You have to appreciate every single day that you're alive. Life is a little bit like a garden - you have to find time to plant the seeds for beautiful flowers to grow.

If you want to establish an international presence you can't do so from New York. You need the consecration of Paris.

The most important beauty is not that with which you were born, but the beauty of character which grows through a woman's life and maybe never stops growing.

Be the designer of your own destiny.

Work hard. Believe in yourself. It's not the publicity that sells the clothes, it's the woman.

Every day you have to reinvent yourself