I was born in 1928 and by 1931 the Depression was beginning to mount.

If you get hold of a head of hair on somebody you've never seen before, cut beautiful shapes, cut beautiful architectural angles and she walks out looking so different - I think that's masterful.

During the late '20s my father left us. My mother was in a complete hole with no money, and we were evicted.

To me hair dressing means shape. It's very important that the foundations should be right.

The essence is, what can we do next? And will it be good?

If someone were to ask me, 'What's the number one thing, in essence, that you left behind?'... it was the teaching of others, so that they could take my work and take it further.

There were so many pretty girls coming into the salon as clients, and others working in the salon. And I thought, 'Hmm. This is rather nice.'