287 Quotes by Carine Roitfeld

Fashion is very tough, and we shouldn't forget that before designers were money-makers, they were artists.

I think that when you're taking pictures with my principles, you can try anything. Dare to do a lot of things - dare with sexuality, dare to break taboos as long as it remains photogenic. As long as I find an elegance and beauty in it, I am not afraid to tackle anything.

I have a lot to say about fashion - not just about fashion, but beauty, art.

Once you start being a muse, you cannot stop being a muse.

I love curvy women. Maybe because I'm not. I would love to be a Marilyn Monroe, but I'm very far away from that... So I love very curvy girls.

I think you are born chic. You cannot be chic. It is something you cannot learn.

I think it's good to have surprises in fashion because we always see the same things.

There are too many 50-year-olds dressing as 20-year-olds.

Monsieur Saint Laurent was pathologically shy, and he made the Saint Laurent woman in his own image. Like her, I am shy. And to protect myself, I adopted something of an androgynous look, just as his women did.