Don't look to the approval of others for your mental stability

Like poetry, fashion does not state anything. It merely suggests

The French say you get hungry when you’re eating, and I get inspired when I’m working. It’s my engine

For me, Chanel is like music. There are certain notes and you have to make another tune with them

Chanel is an institution, and you have to treat an institution like a whore – and then you get something out of her

Success nullifies. You then have to do it again, preferably differently

A respectable appearance is sufficient to make people more interested in your soul

I'm not a marketing person. I don't ask myself questions. I go by instinct.