96 Quotes by Andre Leon Talley

At an early age I discovered the beauty in pictures in 'Vogue' magazine and Ebony magazine, and I would read 'The New York Times.' I had to make my own world within my world because I was an only child.

I love Russian culture. I don't know the young Russia, I'm not at all familiar with young Russia, but the old school Russia is good enough for me for the moment.

I love sitting through long things. I mean, 'Gone With the Wind' I will sit through; I love sitting somewhere for four hours, for anything. I love being on a train. I love sitting down for four hours. I think it's the most wonderful thing to be able to sit somewhere and concentrate on something for more than two hours.

I watch Rachel Maddow, Keith Olbermann, and Chris Matthews. That's what I watch every night. By the time I've watched them, I don't have time to watch reality TV shows.

On 9/11, that morning, I was in a Christian Dior Couture appointment at the Hotel Pierre.

Beauty is health. Health is beauty.

Snooki and Honey Boo Boo. These are big celebrities in the U.S. You want to throw up.

I have 4 bedrooms in my house. 1 is for guests, the other 3 are for closets.

You come to Paris, you get true originality, and it's wonderful.