My name is more important than myself.

I can go all over the world with just three outfits: a blue blazer and gray flannel pants, a gray flannel suit, and black tie.

When I finish with one thing very well, I start some other thing. I don't like to stop. I like to continually prove myself.

Fashion design is so diverse. It does not have clear identities as before with Balenciaga, Chanel, Cardin, Courreges. Design is about being recognised without a label. Elegance alone is not sufficient.

I wash with my own soap-wear my own perfume...got to bed on my own sheets... have my own food products. I live on me.

I do not believe there has ever been a name as important as Pierre Cardin in the general history of couture.

My name is more important than myself.