First I made a dress because I was pregnant and I wanted to be the most beautiful pregnant woman. Then I made a sweater because I wanted to have one that wasn't like anyone else's.

How can you live the high life if you do not wear the high heels?

Perfume follows you; it chases you and lingers behind you. It's a reference mark. Perfume makes silence talk.

You can create fashion everywhere in the world, but the place where you are crowned is Paris.

Perfume is like a parenthesis, a moment of freedom, peace, love and sensuality in between the disturbances of modern living.

It doesn't matter one damn bit whether fashion is art or not. You don't question whether an incredible chef is an artist or not-his cakes are delicious and that's all that matters.

I don't like women who are multiform, who wear many different shapes. Women who retain a unique shape are usually unique people.

The essence of seduction for me in a man, although it stems from his rough, almost rough-neck looks, still contains something of the woman: he must be seductive and intelligent.

I think in the darkest moments, we need a break.

Being one step ahead of a fashion trend is not so important to me. What matters is to always forge ahead.

I was rather free, and I always did what I wanted to do, sometimes without listening to the people who warned me not to do this or that.

There is no problem the mind of man can set that the mind of man cannot solve.

I was at number one in Australia with both my album and my single. And then I was told I had cancer. I thought, 'What a strange turn of events.'

Let us not play at kittly-benders. There is a solid bottom everywhere.

A rose on time is more valuable than a $1,000 gift that's too late.

Why are you doing this to yourself? When something bad happens, why do you have to pick at it until it bleeds all over again?

The intimate and meditative form that Plutarch became known for was completely new in his day.

Last Friday night; Yeah we danced on tabletops. And we took too many shots. Think we kissed, but I forgot?

I believe that anything can be for men or women. I mean, I've worn a lace dress before!

The only place I am recognized all the time is in L.A. and otherwise, it's only about once a day. I feel pretty anonymous.