When a man has seen the aerodynamic shape of a Caravelle jet at an airport, he doesn't need aerodynamic furniture.

Gaiety is one of the most important elements I brought to fashion. I brought it through color.

Today - and it's happening very rapidly - money, wealth, position, birth are of no importance at all. The thing that is important is the individual you are.

Today people are a hundred times more interested in the personality of the person they are with than the clothes he wears.

I think that in the end, the people are not fooled by promotion. They want to know that something works and is right.

I would say that if something has an aesthetic value and it is pleasing to watch or to wear, it may in fact have nothing to do with status symbol. You just like to wear it.

Americans have started a lot of projects around the world and I am one of them.

People have to identify with something to show they have reached a certain goal. Anyway, in Russia it's done with medals. You put on all these medals to show who you are.

I don't think people today need to derive security from possessions.

I would say that it is a trait by which Americans, searching for things which are different or new, seem to recognize the gift that people may have that cause people do to things.

You can wear your hair long or wear a beard because you want to show that you are interested in thought, in psychological endeavors rather than appearance.

If there were such a thing as terminal literalism, you'd have died in childhood.

The bombs were coming-and so was I.

Leaders create a conducive environment for followers to accomplish their respective dreams. True leaders never fall for anything inferior!

Why then the world's mine oyster Which I with sword will open.

Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain.

Life is just a chance to grow a soul.

One word of love is worth more than a thousand clever speeches.

Have you ever looked inside one of those things [computers]? It's a whole hierarchy of angels- all on slats. And those little tubes-those are miracles.

If your concentration is getting bad, take up bass fishing. It will really improve your ability to focus. If you aren't ready when that fish hits, you can't set the hook.

I consider writing a legitimate Zen practice.