I'm not intellectual at all as a designer. Whatever I'm into at the moment is usually what becomes the collection.

When I make a dress that someone wants to put on and somebody else wants to take off, then I know I've got it right. Because when someone looks good on the outside, they'll feel good on the inside.

It's important for me to really play with the traditions and keep things simple and easy. Ultimately I believe in animal instincts - I think they often end up winning out.

Paris is one of the most incredible places to live. Once you get bitten by the city, you never leave.

In order to be successful, you have to honor what's in old fashion house, but you also have to play with it and push the limits of it.

Florence is probably one of the most beautiful cities in Italy. It's very quiet as well - there's not much nightlife - so it definitely keeps me focused on the work.

I think my biggest muses in fashion are probably rock 'n' roll girlfriends, like Anita Pallenberg and Marianne Faithfull and Bianca Jagger - and then maybe Patti Smith a bit as well.

I'm really working on trying to get that lifestyle aspect of the Emilio Pucci house to be as strong as possible.

I feel like I have to go back to Paris every so often. It just grows on you - the look of the city, the way people hang out there. If you're in Europe, it's good for that.

The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.

Is kissing you generally considered a joyful affair?" -

Everybody knows that I am not usually patient enough to actually sit down and watch one of my own films from the beginning to the end - I never do.

I'm truly grateful to all of the family. However I'm very sorry at the same time. I didn't make many appearances in 'Dream High.' I hope to show you all a better side of me next time.

We need an unambiguous rule - a law - that nobody will step between the publisher and the consumer, full stop.

I've either got an acute case of hypochondria or I'm falling apart at the age of twenty-three.

The artist must say it without saying it.

Aesthetic value is often the by-product of the artist striving to do something else.

I think that Donald Trump is very concerned about finding the right way to be effective in a responsible way. And he wants to be effective.

Marilyn was terrible to work with. I was fond of her, she was a nice girl, but she was a damaged girl. She was very difficult. You couldn't get her on the set; she didn't know the words.