We were emerging from the period of war, of uniforms, of women-soldiers built like boxers. I drew women-flowers, soft shoulders, fine waists like liana and wide skirts like corolla.

Elegance must be the right combination of distinction, naturalness, care and simplicity. Outside this, believe me, there is no elegance. Only pretension.

Individuality will always be one of the conditions of real elegance

After women, flowers are the most lovely thing God has given the world.

Simplicity, good taste and grooming are the three fundamentals of good dressing and these do not cost money.

Deep in every heart slumbers a dream and the couturier knows it: every woman is a princess

A dress is a piece of ephemeral architecture, designed to enhance the proportions of the female body.

Real elegance is everywhere, especially in the things that don't show.

By being natural and sincere, one often can create revolutions without having sought them.

My dream? To make women happier and more beautiful.

Real woman should be capricious.

To move wild laughter in the throat of death? It cannot be, it is impossible: Mirth cannot move a soul in agony.

Believe in something larger than yourself.

Every mind has another vision of reality. There is not a common reality. Every person thinks he is like the others, but every person is different, living in his own psychology.

If your best friend's feeling tearful, Try not to be too cheerful. Just let her fill your ear full Of sad tales by the score. And when she is through, She'll feel as good as.

Where he had failed, I would triumph. Where he had lost his way, I would find the path out of the labyrinth.

It's true. Happiness is a big thing.

The way we started was, Alison [McGhee] said, 'Tall girl, short girl.' We had no plans beyond that.

I am suspicious of the idea of a new paradigm, to use that word, an entirely new structure of the economy.

A [tax loophole is] something that benefits the other guy. If it benefits you, it is tax reform.

As far as the performance aspect, I'm going to be an actor. I still love performing, but I'm moving into more acting.