I am like a freight train. Working on the details, twisting them and playing with them over the years, but always staying on the same track.

Unfortunately, the greatest photographers don't pay extreme attention to the clothes. If they decide to put a dress in a bathtub or in front of a cow in the countryside with dirt everywhere, well, the dresses come back... ready to be put in the garbage.

I hope people will say, 'Mr. Valentino, he did something for fashion, no?

I know what women want. They want to be beautiful.

When I entertain at home, I take time and pleasure in the small details that make all the difference. Entertaining is about giving to people and sharing with them.

French people are charming, adorable but not extremely generous with foreigners, but they believe in what they do. I feel proud in exchange because what I did in restoration is something I did for La France.

I am always locked in my design studio.