The idea of seeing everybody clad the same is not really my cup of tea

Haute Couture should be fun, foolish and almost unwearable.

I translated Beatles songs for my English class.

For me, elegance is not to pass unnoticed but to get to the very soul of what one is.

In Italy, the Milanese are well organized but follow bourgeois taste. They adhere to certain codes of elegance, but not to individualism.

I think it's always difficult to reconcile the needs of art and business.

We all look for lost time.

People want to be in their own fashion tribes, so they want to wear the same clothes to be connected to everyone else in that tribe. But they want to be different from other tribes.

The world needs some excitement from fashion.

There are days when I'm completely depressed and able to do only one drawing

I am still in love with couture because it is just two months from drawing pad to runway so everything on the catwalk is hot from the oven.

We must raise and train an army of fighters for freedom.

Men peak at age nineteen and go downhill.

Meaninglessness does not come from being weary of pain. Meaninglessness comes from being weary of pleasure.

There's really no reason to rehash something that you've already seen.

You just keep going. Nothing that isn't beautiful is worth slowing down for.

Avoid contradiction. Clear institutional identity helps give you the competitive edge.

The insane little dwarf, Bush.

There are women who make things better, there are women who change things, there are women who make things happen, who make a difference. I want to be one of those women.

I smirk as Peter misses again. I can't help myself. "Hey, Peter," I say, " Remember what a target is?