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"These are fat mummies sitting with their bags of crisps in front of the television, saying that thin models are ugly. Fashion is about dreams and illusions, and no one wants to see round women."
"I never drink anything hot; I don't like hot drinks, very strange."
"I'm born with a pencil in my hand. I did lots of sketching."
"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."
"When you hear designers complaining about the challenge of their profession, you have to say: don't get carried away-it's only dresses."
"If someone gives me a to-do list, I say 'thank you, this is nice.' One needs things to throw in the wastebasket."
"My job is to bring out in people what they wouldn't dare do themselves."
"I was never a feminist because I was never ugly enough for that."
"I don’t do meetings. At Chanel, there are no meetings. At Chanel, we do what we want, whenever we want and it works. And Fendi is the same."
"I don't care if people I admire criticize me because their opinion is valuable to me."
"With expensive fashion, the inside should be as perfect as the outside."
"There's something boring about people who have to go to an office for a living..."
"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."
"Kate Middleton has a nice silhouette and she is the right girl for that boy. I like that kind of woman, I like romantic beauties. On the other hand, her sister struggles. I don't like the sister's face. She should only show her back."
"If I was a woman in Russia, I would be a lesbian, as the men are very ugly. There are a few handsome ones, like Naomi Campbell's boyfriend, but there you see the most beautiful women and the most horrible men."
"People are very nice to me, even though I'm known for saying rude things."
"I'm never content with what I do. I live in a sort of permanent dissatisfaction. I think that's the secret to doing things well."
"Don't dress to kill, dress to survive."
"Success nullifies. You then have to do it again, preferably differently."
"Guilty feelings about clothes are totally unnecessary. A lot of people earn their living by making clothes, so you should never feel bad."