“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.”

Clear thinking at the wrong moment can stifle creativity.

The smell of a freshly printed book is the best smell in the world.

My only ambition in life . . . is to wear size 28 jeans.

Luxury is the income tax of vanity. But it is so pleasant.

The most important piece in the house is the garbage can.

I am a black diamond, unfaceted. Black diamonds are rare, hard to cut, and therefore uncommercial.

The flat shoe makes the woman equal of men. When they have high [shoes], they play a part like a geisha, and they can’t be expected to be taken that seriously.

A respectable appearance is sufficient to make people more interested in your soul

Bears are very nice, as long as you are nice to them.

Sunglasses are like eye shadow: They make everything look younger and pretty

I don’t know what “normal” means, anyway.

With expensive fashion, the inside should be as perfect as the outside.

As a child I wanted to be a grown-up. I wanted to know everything – not that I like to talk about it. I hate intellectual conversation with intellectuals because I only care about my opinion.

I think it’s horrible that people have to be told. Don’t smoke! Everybody knows it’s bad for the health. But they have to forbid it.

Seduction is, first and foremost, an art form. And seduction should not always be treated as a wild celebration. In fact, it’s more of an evocation of what you do. It’s more an evocation of seduction.

Chanel is composed of only a few elements, white camellias, quilted bags and Austrian doorman’s jackets, pearls, chains, shoes with black toes. I use these elements like notes to play with.

Just because you came here in 1880, 1950, whenever, you became an American. You get to celebrate July 4th like every other American.

A man who graduated high in his class at Yale Law School and made partnership in a top law firm would be celebrated. But a woman who accomplishes this is treated with suspicion.

The essence of songs is neither vocal nor cerebral but organic.

Just celebrate the life you had, not the life you could’ve had.

I believe every human life is a gift from God and we should cherish and protect and celebrate them.

I am a lover of truth, a worshipper of freedom, a celebrant at the altar of language and purity and tolerance.

Life is too short not to celebrate nice moments!

When everything goes well, people celebrate you, when you make mistakes people criticize you.