“Sweatpants are a sign of defeat. You lost control of your life so you bought some sweatpants.”

Reinvent new combinations of what you already own. Improvise. Become more creative. Not because you have to, but because you want to. Evolution is the secret for the next step.

When people want to be liked for what they did, they should stop.

Black-and-whit e always looks modern, whatever that word means.

My hair is not really white; it’s kind of grayish, and I don’t like the color. So I make it totally white with Klorane dry shampoo. That is the best thing to do because my hair is always clean.

If you stick to something doggedly, you are off to a bad start.

I think that it’s a crime to say you are bored when time is so precious and there are so many things to do in life: read, learn, watch.

Normal people think I’m insane.

Fashion is the healthiest motivation for losing weight.

You cannot fake chic but you can be chic and fake fur

I hate birthdays, .. It’s more like a new starting point in New York. For me, it’s an evolution. I don’t celebrate the past. I like the present and tomorrow.

I’m open to everything. When you start to criticize the times you live in, your time is over.

Dress for yourself and the man you love (if there is one). Women dressing to impress other women–forget about that. Forget about that. It’s a very bad way of thinking.

Youthfulness is about how you live not when you were born.

When I was a child I asked my mother what homosexuality was about and she said – and this was 100 years ago in Germany and she was very open-minded – ‘It’s like hair color. It’s nothing. Some people are blond and some people have dark hair. It’s not a subject.’ This was a very healthy attitude.

What I hate is nasty, ugly people.

What I’ve done, Coco Chanel would never have done. She would have hated it.

They want to sign distribution deals with labels, who have lots of product, lots of artists.

If you’re an artist trying to put out your own record on your own label, it’s hard to get a distribution deal because no one wants to sign a deal with one entity.

Thus any increase of outward splendor is usually a sign of a decrease in inward illumination

A feeling of discouragement when you slip up is a sure sign that you put your faith in deeds

When my dreams showed signs of becoming politically correct no unruly images escaping beyond borders … then I began to wonder

The church is not the way to heaven; the church is the sign that points to heaven.

Lack of ornamentation is a sign of spiritual strength.

Words indeed are but the signs and counters of knowledge, and their currency should be strictly regulated by the capital which they represent.