I've admired historical clothes like Victorian gowns since I was a child, and it's what motivated me to go into fashion.

We always see the point of an iceberg. So I've always accepted the idea that people - they don't necessarily know everything I am.

Our eyes reflect light. Better that the lips are more like a rose petal.

The only shoes that look futuristic are Crocs, but they would be terrible to use in a futuristic movie.

I am interested in the idea of 'taste.' And by 'taste,' I mean opinion, inspiration and the craft of creating a personality through fabric and design.

Knitted fur is so modern and light, it makes this retro shape cool again.

The aim of being a good designer is to have an influence. If you design furniture or lifestyle, you should influence the way people evolve globally. It's good to have an influence.

With couture, you feel obligated to design something modern each season, but with Theyskens Theory, I don't question anything. I'm thinking of what I'd like to wear.

I am more used to seeing my work like a big collection, and only part of it is being shown.

My sense of designing is a mix of intuition and intellectual control.

In fashion, we don't often know the prices. We don't have time to go into the stores.

The knowledge of God is beginning of all knowledge.

Power is the near neighbour of necessity.

I try to believe like I believed when I was five...when your heart tells you everything you need to know.

You do not see the river of mourning because it lacks one tear of your own.

Take heede of an oxe before, of an horse behind, of a monke on all sides.

Encouragement is oxygen for the soul

When money disappears, we soon understand the power of absence.

Home is not where you were born; home is where all your attempts to escape cease.

Readers are lucky - they will never be bored or lonely.

In science, each new result, sometimes quite surprising, heralds a step forward and allows one to discard some hypotheses, even though one or two of these might have been highly favored.