I grew up in the Alps and France, and Barbie was my first exposure to the American woman. For me she was blonde, she was free and she was fun.

Macrame is effortless.

I need contrast-the old and the new, the rough and the soft. The clash of it all is very sexy.

Fur is my default, my indulgence. All human beings and myself have a lot of defaults. Many indulgences.

I knew from my youngest age I wanted to be a fashion designer. I was always draping fabric and working with color palettes.

Dreaming is the most powerful thing because no one can take it from you.

I want to bring softness and refinement to an urban, feminine wardrobe and to help the woman show her character and individuality through her unique clothes.

Every woman in America has a French dream in her head, especially a Parisian one.

Fashion responds to the economic climate by providing a way to lift a womans spirits.

When you love somebody, it's like in a couple - you want to create something. Sometimes, it's a baby.

One has to commit a painting, ' said Degas, 'the way one commits a crime.

The lake was no longer frozen

I think Lincoln had a unique parenting style. He let his kids run free and wild.

This is not something insignificant. This is real. This is happening, and this is ours.

One of my proudest moments is I didn't sell my soul for the sake of popularity.

Every novelist should write something for children at least once in his lifetime.

I'd like to build my company and make a bigger company always, but I think in the behind the scenes arena is where I'd prefer to spend my time.

I have taken my children all over the world to see things but I've also made a point that they need to give something back for being so blessed.

I am the rest between two notes which are somehow always in discord.

I can't stay No. 1 for fifty years, you know. We'll see what happens.