“Mon plus grand luxe est de n'avoir à me justifier auprès de personne.”

“Ma curiosité est insatiable, je vampirise l’air du temps.”

“La mode n'est ni morale, ni amorale, mais elle est faite pour remonter le moral.”

“I want everyone to wear what they want and mix it in their own way. That, to me, is what is modern.”

“For me, Chanel is like music. There are certain notes and you have to make another tune with them”

“People who do a job that claims to be creative have to be alone to recharge their batteries. You can’t live 24 hours a day in the spotlight and remain creative. For people like me, solitude is a victory.”

“I had an interview once with some German journalist—some horrible, ugly woman. It was in the early days after the communists—maybe a week after—and she wore a yellow sweater that was kind of see-through. She had huge tits and a huge black bra, and she said to me, ‘It’s impolite; remove your glasses.’ I said, ‘Do I ask you to remove your bra?”