I won't make a mark on history. I have some importance in the time we live in, but that's all.

Love is what makes me live, quite simply. It's the only thing that makes me work. It made me become what I am today.

Chanel liberated women: Saint Laurent gave them power.

Yves Saint Laurent hated fashion. He loved style.

There's nothing that really motivates me anymore and demands that I get up in the morning. In the past it was Yves Saint Laurent.

I hate nostalgia. Today is always better than yesterday.

I am faithful up to the point of death. It's the only thing I respect. I never abandon anyone. I'm not talking about sexual relations. I'm faithful in my friendship, my admiration.

A collection is like a dinner party. It is made up of the people you invite, but also the people you don't.

On my own account I certainly wouldn't have become the director of a couture house. I didn't have sufficient admiration for fashion as such to have done so.

Loving dogs is a question of anthropomorphism. We become attached to dogs because of the feelings we project on them.

When journalists come to interview me, it's a part of my life that is exhibited, as if pieces of clothing are being taken off one by one. But it's not very important really.

The power of words is in the works of words. People are much more bonded by the works of words than words. The work of words is the trigger of words.

Besides, I kind of like my face intact like this, two eyes, one nose, one mouth, a full set of teeth, which, if I'm being honest, is one of my better features.

Love is an afternoon of fishing when I'd sooner be at the ballet. Love is eating burnt toast and lumpy graving with a big s

If I am wrong, I am doing what I believe to the right.

What we do determines much of what happens in the world to come, not just for ourselves, but for those around us.

I'm doing a lot of touring and things have been really busy for me.

When you go into samadhi, either salvikalpa or nirvikalpa, what happens is you erase, you loosen, the aggregates. You simplify them.

My neighborhood is fairly white, yet the local middle school is all black. It is bad. It is very bad.

More and more, I tend to read history. I often find it more up to date than the daily newspapers.

I am a quiet man who grows through adversity.