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" Balenciaga taught me everything I know. He taught me to care for the details, that it was not necessary to sew on a button where it had no use or to add a flower to make a dress beautiful... no unnecessary detail. "

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" When you see the best of the best - when you see a Matisse or a Picasso - what interests you is the creativity and harmony. "

Hubert de Givenchy

Harmony

Best

Creativity

" You work around a body and adapt the clothes to your own customer, and this is the interesting part. This is why the haute couture exists: because in ready-to-wear, you have not too much fitting. "

" If fashion is good, it has no epoch. "

" To have lived your dream is very rare in life. I am a very happy man. I have been so fortunate. "

" Always I remember when I am young, I ask my mother, 'I really want to be a dress designer.' In that time, was quite difficult because, you know, my family always criticize me for it not to be a man's job. "

" I haven't really got a green thumb, but I love gardens and their architecture. "

" It was always my dream to be a dress designer, and my mother accepted that decision. "

" When you are a designer, what's important is to be aware of things. Everything should lead to an idea, a line to follow, a movement. "

Hubert de Givenchy

Movement

Line

" When I am designing, I keep in mind more the American woman than the French woman. "

Hubert de Givenchy

I Am

American

" I didn't do any designs for 'My Fair Lady.' "

" If I had to start over, I'll do the same thing: street clothes are the future; the client can choose two or three things and combine them as she wants. "

" Fabric is the most extraordinary thing; it has life. You must respect the fabric. "

" I think all beautiful women have a clean look. They like things that are simple. "

" My mother was a beautiful lady, elegant, chic, and that was the biggest inspiration to me. "

" As time passes, we like to simplify our lives. "

Hubert de Givenchy

Time

Time Passes

" I've stopped making frocks, but not making discoveries. "

" People say I am a classic designer. I don't try to be classic, but I do try to be simple and elegant. "

" You never finish learning. "

" I dreamed of fashion as a little boy. "

" I love to dance, and I love to see people dance. It is good exercise. It gives you a kind of energy. "

" Encouragement helps you to go one step more, become better. "

" The little black dress is the hardest thing to realize because you must keep it simple. "

" A piece of material has a life. You must never upset it if you want the material to speak. "

" I don't think I am avant-garde. I made a lot of creations and created harmony with my fabrics, but I was not like Balenciaga, for example, although he was, of course, a great inspiration. "

" I really love to work like a machine. "

Hubert de Givenchy

Work

Really

" It is important to work. It is important for my mind. "

" I think when you sell your company and are no longer the master of driving it, it's quite difficult. "

" As a student, I was more gifted in history and geography. Things like arithmetic were not my strength. "

" It's the most beautiful job in the world to give happiness to people. "

" My grandmother had a cupboard where she kept her collections and textile samples of all sorts of things. When I had good grades, I could take out one piece of work to look at. "