I won't make a mark on history. I have some importance in the time we live in, but that's all.
Pierre BergeThe problem with Yves Saint Laurent was that he was a man who understood his time period better than anyone, but he didn't like it. Real artists live their own lives in parallel. It's the artist who transforms his times.
Pierre BergeI carried on buying paintings, works of art, and Yves Saint Laurent, if I may say so, had a right of inspection. We even shared a common reading of the history of art. It would never have crossed Yves's mind to say to me, "Ah, I saw a Pablo Picasso . . ." He knew perfectly well what was interesting with Picasso, as did I.
Pierre BergeA collection is like a dinner party. It is made up of the people you invite, but also the people you don't.
Pierre Berge