I had no luck when I started out as a model. I keep telling people that it's the only career in the world that you can't choose for yourself - you have to be chosen.

It is true that in France, women put on less things. If they have a necklace, they don't put on earrings; if they have nail polish, they don't put on all their rings and all their bracelets.

Matching shoes and bags immediately age you by 10 years.

Buying a matching blouse and skirt from the same store is a crime. A clever mix of chic and cheap hits the jackpot. Know how to mix styles and labels.

I would love to live in India or in the South of France, but Roger Vivier doesn't have offices yet in New Delhi or Jaipur.

Even if you live in a tiny village, there's an Internet site. It's quite easy to find clothes, but sometimes women don't know how to mix them.

Life is never what it seems - and that’s the great thing about it

You can go out and hate everybody, hate your age, and hate all the things you don't have but it will show; you have the face you deserve.

People imagine I am always in a Bentley with pearls and diamonds and black glasses and Karl Lagerfeld next to me.

If you don't feel comfortable in a plunging sweater, skin-tight jeans and killer heels, go home and change.

One thing Della Valle taught me is the power to say no if something isn't right. That mattered even over sales.

Human beings, viewed as behaving systems, are quite simple. The apparent complexity of our behavior over time is largely a reflection of the complexity of the environment in which we find ourselves.

Responsibility was our cruel mooring....

I was a nothing kid. Not particularly good. Not particularly bad.

In the old world that is passing, in the new world that is coming, national efficiency has been and will be a controlling factor in national safety and welfare

I have that working class fear of having nothing. I've always got one eye on what's in the bank.

There is no one way to Happiness. Happiness is the way! It's inside your head FIRST and everyplace else second

Isn't it fascinating how long a few minutes seem when you are completely alone with not a familiar face in sight?

The last thing I think about is losing and pressure... I just go and do it.

I strode among giants, friends tell me now, though at the time I felt more like a misfit associating with oddballs.

Man's life is entirely in his operations, which may all be classed under three heads: he thinks, he feels, and he acts -- these three modes of activity exhaust his powers.