“I imposed black; it still going strong today, for black wipes out everything else around”

“Women think of all colors except the absence of color. I have said that black has it all. White too. Their beauty is absolute. It is the perfect harmony.”

“Women have always been the strong ones of the world.”

“A woman's education consists of two lessons: never leave the house without stocking, never go out without a hat.”

“I invented my life by taking for granted that everything I did not like would have an opposite, which I would like.”

“Arrogance is in everything I do. It is in my gestures, the harshness of my voice, in the glow of my gaze, in my sinewy, tormented face.”

“The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.”