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

I think tattoos are horrible. It’s like living in a Pucci dress full-time.

When I was a child, I never played with other children. I hated them.

When you hear designers complaining about the challenge of their profession, you have to say: don’t get carried away-it’s only dresses.

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.

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.