“There will never be a chanel collection without black”

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

“Chanel is an institution, and you have to treat an institution like a whore – and then you get something out of her”

“Respect is not creative ... Chanel is an institution, and you have to treat an institution like a whore — and then you get something out of her.”

“One is never over-dressed or underdressed with a Little Black Dress.”

“I don't like standard beauty - there is no beauty without strangeness.”

“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?”