72 Quotes by Olivier Theyskens

The problem is that the street has to be clean. It's not easy.

Everything I do, I do out of instinct. I love to show shapes. I like to work around the waist, the hips.

It may sound stupid, but I have always loved those water lilies.

Bee is really able to wear the clothes. She has a very good sense of the design and feel of the clothes. She has a neo-classical beauty and is very charismatic. Personality is so important - when you dress somebody for a big party, it is good to feel that the person has an ease and naturalness with what she is wearing.

When the economy changes, it's not like you want to start eating bad-tasting chocolate.

Knitted fur is so modern and light, it makes this retro shape cool again.

When I started at [Nina] Ricci, I did street wear for very cool, young girls but the price point was for the fourth floor of Bergdorf Goodman next to Carolina Herrera. My cool girls cannot afford it.

I love to see what they [Michelle Obama and Kate Middleton] wear but I am not interested. It’s not natural. If you are a girl dressing up in the morning thinking about the whole world having a point of view on what you are wearing, it takes the pleasure out of getting dressed.

I could live naked... I love it.