Pierre Berge Quotes
Love is what makes me live, quite simply. It's the only thing that makes me work. It made me become what I am today.
I won't make a mark on history. I have some importance in the time we live in, but that's all.
There's nothing that really motivates me anymore and demands that I get up in the morning. In the past it was Yves Saint Laurent.
I am faithful up to the point of death. It's the only thing I respect. I never abandon anyone. I'm not talking about sexual relations. I'm faithful in my friendship, my admiration.
A collection is like a dinner party. It is made up of the people you invite, but also the people you don't.
On my own account I certainly wouldn't have become the director of a couture house. I didn't have sufficient admiration for fashion as such to have done so.
Loving dogs is a question of anthropomorphism. We become attached to dogs because of the feelings we project on them.
When journalists come to interview me, it's a part of my life that is exhibited, as if pieces of clothing are being taken off one by one. But it's not very important really.
I had a Vincent van Gogh, a small Provençal landscape. We sold it. If you're going to have a van Gogh it should be a really good van Gogh.
At the age of 9, I read David Copperfield by Dickens. At 14, I read War and Peace by Tolstoy. They're both books I have reread regularly since.