"Saint-Laurent has excellent taste. The more he copies me, the better taste he displays."

"In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different."

"It's probably not just by chance that I'm alone. It would be very hard for a man to live with me, unless he's terribly strong. And if he's stronger than I, I'm the one who can't live with him."

"A woman can be overdressed but never over elegant."

"I gave women a sense of freedom. I gave them back their bodies: bodies that were drenched in sweat, due to the corsets and underwear, the frills, the lace, the trimmings."