It's important to keep up the idea of the brand, even beyond sales.

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.

If it's the other guy's fault, you can't fix it. Don't blame other people for your problems. That gives them all the power. Own up to your mistakes.

The passion in the heart of God is to be established

Change happens a lot more than you acknowledge...

Whenever opportunity comes Kohli grabs it with both the hands.

False dichotomies are often at the heart of discord.

It's practically my subject, my theme: solitude and community; the weirdness and terrors of solitude: the stifling and consolations of community. Also, the consolations of solitude.

I never thought in terms of being a leader. I thought very simply in terms of helping people.

I am proud to be a Southerner.

The truth is, almost everything we do is done poorly when we first start doing it – that’s how we learn.

Record stores keep the human social contact alive it brings people together. Without the independent record stores the community breaks down with everyone sitting in front of their computers