I am interested in the idea of 'taste.' And by 'taste,' I mean opinion, inspiration and the craft of creating a personality through fabric and design.

We always see the point of an iceberg. So I've always accepted the idea that people - they don't necessarily know everything I am.

Our eyes reflect light. Better that the lips are more like a rose petal.

The only shoes that look futuristic are Crocs, but they would be terrible to use in a futuristic movie.

Knitted fur is so modern and light, it makes this retro shape cool again.

The aim of being a good designer is to have an influence. If you design furniture or lifestyle, you should influence the way people evolve globally. It's good to have an influence.

With couture, you feel obligated to design something modern each season, but with Theyskens Theory, I don't question anything. I'm thinking of what I'd like to wear.

I am more used to seeing my work like a big collection, and only part of it is being shown.

My sense of designing is a mix of intuition and intellectual control.

In fashion, we don't often know the prices. We don't have time to go into the stores.

I've admired historical clothes like Victorian gowns since I was a child, and it's what motivated me to go into fashion.

God will give you more than you can handle because it is in your surrender that He gives you your victory!

There’s hardly anybody who doesn’t hate somebody now, and nobody at all whom somebody doesn’t hate.

What you were singing about was believable and convincing, that's the key to a great singer.

Something that had the quality of a dimly lit stage set just before the curtains rise on opening night. There was a rhythm to it, a beckoning, and a bittersweet tear in time.

Yet, analytical truth is not as mysterious, or as secret, so as to not allow us to see that people with a talent for directing consciences see truth rise spontaneously.

In Africa, the woman was co-equal. In Europe, the woman was a vassal. To some extent, she still is.

Our best history is still poetry.

If you cannot find Christ in the beggar at the church door, you will not find Him in the chalice.

If you look at a magazine and something catches your eye, are you not going to open it up to see what's inside?

I would rather obey a fine lion, much stronger than myself, than two hundred rats of my own species.