Wear flats. You're short. It's much cooler not to pretend.

I don't like perfection - I think it's dangerous. There is nothing after perfection.

A fragrance is a veritable story, told and explained in scent, in notes, in impressions. It's a score based on the emotions of each instant, a captivating music of the senses.

Run away from laziness; work hard. Touch intuition and listen to the heart, not marketing directors. Dream.

Elegant is not what you wear, and it's not about how you wear it, but it's more about who you are.

Fashion is not about before, it’s not about after, it’s about now

When a woman's clothes are in harmony with her emotions, she shines from within.

Pure, intense emotions. It's not about design. It's about feelings.

If you change a woman's look, you change her persona.

It was not the story of design or clothes, it was the fantasy of women that made me want to work in fashion.

Fashion is like a fruit, you couldn't eat it a day before and you can't eat it a day after; it's just about today

Do not try to be your father boy, it is a hopeless pursuit, particularly when you, like I, have a father of such colossal proportions.

You can't start a movie by having the attitude that the script is finished, because if you think the script is finished, your movie is finished before the first day of shooting.

Dancing is the last sport with no sponsor.

Every day of my life I walk with the idea I am black no matter how successful I am.

Sound is the basis vibration of the universe All those little vortices may get sent going the other way. Sound is really very powerful.

I only do solo albums when songs are screaming at me to be let out of my mind.

America does not want change, except from the cash register at Wal-Mart.

Curiosity has no important place in my work, only conformity.

Blind obedience in the name of patriotism or religion ultimately takes our lives.

I think it's important that you always transform if you can. That's what I was trained to do. You try and hide yourself as much as you can - that's the key to longevity.