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The French say you get hungry when you’re eating, and I get inspired when I’m working. It’s my engine.
I'm not an employee who goes to the office every morning at the same time. Then, vacations are needed.
Is there a way to design a room in my house where I float around? I would quite enjoy that. It's nuts.
What i like about photographs is that they capture a moment that’s gone forever, impossible to reproduce.
I was always told as a child by my mother that you always have to be impeccable, even when you go to bed.
I like imagination -- and the way I think things could be, had been, or should be -- better than reality.
Stupidly it should not be. It should be also nice. One must get along with that. Is however not necessary.
I never go anywhere. I do sketches and make phone calls, and people visit. It's more fun to come to Paris.
There's no Chanel collection without black. (It) will never exist. Who can live without some black clothes.
The thing at the moment is Adele. She is a little too fat, but she has a beautiful face and a divine voice.
I am not a second option person. It is that or nothing. If it is not the way I see it I prefer not to see it.
I'm all self-taught. I never had a teacher. Even for English, and French, and German, I hardly went to school.
Greece needs to work on a cleaner image. It's a big problem, as they have this reputation of being so corrupt.
If someone gives me a to-do list, I say 'thank you, this is nice.' One needs things to throw in the wastebasket.
I'm very severe with myself and sometimes I miss French cheese, but in your world it's not exactly the same thing.
In a meat-eating world, wearing leather for shoes and clothes and even handbags, the discussion of fur is childish.
If you throw money out of the window throw it out with joy. Don’t say: 'one shouldn't do that' - that is bourgeois.
We need houses as we need clothes, architecture stimulates fashion. It’s like hunger and thirst — you need them both.
I worked out a lot before I was 20. I was hard underneath. I had just a little padding. I was quilted. Always Chanel.
If you want respect for your past, it means that you have a problem with your present and even more with your future.
When I was very young, at the beginning my business was to work more than the others to show them their pointlessness.
Fashion keeps me designing: the love of change, the idea that the next one will be the right one, the nonstop dialogue
I make such big efforts to forget things and I can't tell the story of my life because, thank God, I'm still living it.
People like me were supposed to be into exclusivity, unapproachable. That's what I hate most. I think it's very demode.
There is no marriage, yet, for human beings and animals. I never thought that I would fall in love like this with a cat.
Designers must be both conscious and unconscious at the same time. Clear thinking at the wrong moment can stifle talent.
If I read too much or know too much it's not because I want to talk about it, it's only because it's interesting for me.
Everyone wants to know and hopes I retire so they can get the jobs. But my contracts with Fendi and Chanel are lifelong.
Sometimes the idea of being truly iconic has something to do with not necessarily being beautiful and thus trying harder.
Luxury bags make your life more pleasant, make you dream, give you confidence, and show your neighbors you are doing well.
For me, New York is comfortable, not strange. And I don't feel like a stranger. I have more friends in New York than Paris.
I am like a caricature of myself, and I like that. It is like a mask. And for me the Carnival of Venice lasts all year long.
No, I have someone who comes to the house and washes it, puts in the dry shampoo, and takes care if it because I have no time.
I'm never content with what I do. I live in a sort of permanent dissatisfaction. I think that's the secret to doing things well.
Don’t sacrifice yourself too much, because if you sacrifice too much there’s nothing else you can give and nobody will care for you.
I think it's horrible that people have to be told. Don't smoke! Everybody knows it's bad for the health. But they have to forbid it.
Fashion does not have to prove that it is serious. It is the proof that intelligent frivolity can be something creative and positive
You have to be impeccable - I was always told as a child by my mother that you always have to be impeccable, even when you go to bed.
They are this horrible thing where you are distorted. The chin is too big, the head is too small. No, this is electronic masturbation.
I think that it's a crime to say you are bored when time is so precious and there are so many things to do in life: read, learn, watch.
When you hear designers complaining about the challenge of their profession, you have to say: don't get carried away-it's only dresses.
Guilty feelings about clothes are totally unnecessary. A lot of people earn their living by making clothes, so you should never feel bad.
I don't like sleeping with people I really love. I don't want to sleep with them because sex cannot last, but affection can last forever.
Mostly I stay at home from the morning until 5 P.M., and I only go out for fittings and shoots because I work at home. I like to be alone.
Yes, some people say to me you're too skinny, but never a skinny person says that to me, only people who could lose a few pounds say that.
That's why I sleep alone. My hair is curly, and that's why I have my ponytail. I look like a madman, like something out of a horror movie.
Sometimes it's easy to have ideas, but somebody has to find a way to do it. Often those responsible for finding a way don't have the idea.
Logos and branding are so important. In a big part of the world, people cannot read French or English--but are great in remembering signs.
Children are the last thing I want. I hate all children. For other people, it's fine, but not for me. I was born not to be a family person.
We built everything - toilets included. I think those islands in the middle of nowhere are quite poetic. It's kind of an Oriental Atlantis.