166 Quotes by Sonia Rykiel

I wanted women wearing my sweaters to give the impression they were naked. The aim wasn't to impose outfits but to stay as close as possible to women's bodies and their freedom of movement.

Artifice is art.

People are going to figure out that I don't know anything. I always thought I'd be discredited in the end.

A woman who walks well parts crowds - it's something we should all be taught to do.

I am a perfectionist. It has always been this way.

I hate the word 'feminine!' I mean, there is a woman and a man, and when I say 'woman,' it suggests all that is radiant, tender, fascinating, gentle, demoniac, exaggerated! 'Feminine' makes me think of somebody who is spindly and over-sweet - I don't like that!

The lead of a film that wove around me, I played all the roles. I traveled the world; I loved life, pleasure. I adored to write, create.

We are working women. Also, we have the problem of children, of men, to take care of our houses, so many things. I try to explain that in my clothes. They are clothes for everyday life. That is the real life of woman.

I have never followed fashion. What is fashion to me? I just think of things that inspire me, that inspire women, and I design that way.