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Artifice is art.
Paris was a melting pot.
Wherever I go, I buy shoes.
My breakfast is very important.
The key to my collections is sensuality.
I think in the darkest moments, we need a break.
The pill was the liberation of the spirit of women.
It's useless to send models out on the runway to cry.
When I was a kid, all I liked were books and chocolate.
My mother knitted a lot, but I never did; it was no fun.
Since I didn't know anything, I did everything I wanted.
With only one bag, you can change your outfit completely.
You know, the more grown-up you are, the more you like Proust.
My color is black. And black, if it's worn right, is a scandal.
To me, the biggest revolution of the 20th century was the pill.
How can you live the high life if you do not wear the high heels?
My only ambition was to have 10 children. Fashion was an accident.
The fashion industry can in a certain way be very hard and closed.
I have the feeling I've always done what I wanted throughout my life.
Like Picasso, I go through blue periods, green periods, or grey periods.
I wasn't interested in fashion originally. Fashion was for other people.
I can't go any place without going to museums. It's very important for me.
It is interesting to see what other designers do, and not work in a vacuum.
I became the world's queen of sweaters without even knowing how one was made.
I have to say that the identity of a fashion designer is international today.
I don't know why some women don't wear make-up. Every woman should gild the lily.
A woman who walks well parts crowds - it's something we should all be taught to do.
I was a tomboy, always fairly eccentric, and convinced I'd grow up to be an actress.
It's not true that clothes look better on skinny girls; what counts is the attitude.
When a woman confuses what she is with what she wears, then something is wrong inside.
My shows are about the complete woman who swallows it all. It's a question of survival.
I don't think I would ever have plastic surgery; there isn't anything I'd want to change.
I was fascinated by stripes from the start. On clothing, they follow a woman's movements.
I have no regrets in life, and you know what? If I could, I'd go back and do it all again.
You can create fashion everywhere in the world, but the place where you are crowned is Paris.
Women should look at themselves and decide for themselves what color or length they should wear.
It's important to keep on keeping on, to feel good about yourself and be happy with who you are.
I started by designing a sweater very close to the body, because I couldn't find any for myself.
I hate wasting time getting dressed. I like to put something on and just think, 'Yes. That's it.'
In my family, Fashion was something we never talked about, it was thought of as kind of superficial.
For the collection, I am like a painter or a writer. I may or may not be a character in my own story.
My view is that you have to deal with who you are. It's hard work, in a way, but somebody has to do it.
I don't think that clothes have anything to do with the personality. That comes from the woman herself.
My first conversation of the day is with my daughter, Nathalie. I call her every morning; it is a ritual.
Sometimes in the fashion industry we come across some unfair rules, but no one is obliged to follow them.
Being one step ahead of a fashion trend is not so important to me. What matters is to always forge ahead.
I didn't listen to anyone. I was so violent, so authoritarian, only listening to what I wanted and myself.
People are going to figure out that I don't know anything. I always thought I'd be discredited in the end.
For me, luxury isn't just the real thing. It's also fake. Swarovski crystals or real diamonds? It's a game.
As a slave [to fashion], I can be very dramatic and very demanding of myself and of the people I work with.