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" I really love to work like a machine. "
Hubert de Givenchy
Like
Work
Really
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" To change just because of change, that is not my idea at all. "
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Just Because
Change
" If you want to express yourself, it is difficult to be by yourself. You must have people around you who understand the same music. It is like being the chef d'orchestra. They need you, but you need them desperately. "
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Chef
Need
Music
" Of course everyone dreams of living in the 17th or the 18th century because of the costumes, but there were so many incommodities. "
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Many
Dreams
Living
" I'd love to wear the big pant, like I see on the street, or the blouson, but I'd look ridiculous. I'm not that shape. You must respect yourself. "
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Love
Respect
Look
" In the early '50s, it was still the time of Christian Dior's New Look. Every dress was big and important, and I thought I must do something completely different. Women needed something for daytime that was wearable. "
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Look
Thought
Time
" Each of my garments is something special in itself. You give all your energy to each piece, to each creation, and I have no favourite. I love all of them equally. "
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You
Creation
Energy
" I dreamed of fashion as a little boy. "
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Little
Fashion
Dreamed
" Clients become very attached to the fitter who they feel understands them. "
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Become
Who
Feel
" 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. "
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Good
Grades
Her
" Balenciaga was my religion. Since I'm a believer, for me, there's Balenciaga, and the good Lord. "
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Lord
Religion
Since
" You must, if it's possible, be born with a kind of elegance. It's part of you, of yourself. "
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Elegance
Kind
You
" I had the fortune to evolve at a time when fashion was very important, and women dressed themselves very well. A woman who dressed very well also had a husband who would have beautiful collections of art and decorative objects. "
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Time
Art
Woman
" I didn't do any designs for 'My Fair Lady.' "
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Any
Lady
Fair
" The little black dress is the hardest thing to realize because you must keep it simple. "
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Black
Dress
Keep
" To be a couture designer is not only to create dresses but to adapt your line to your private customers. It is why couture is expensive. You are like a doctor. "
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Adapt
Why
Doctor
" It's the most beautiful job in the world to give happiness to people. "
Hubert de Givenchy
Happiness
World
People
" 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. "
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Movement
Follow
Line
" It is important to work. It is important for my mind. "
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Work
Important
Mind
" A piece of material has a life. You must never upset it if you want the material to speak. "
Hubert de Givenchy
You
Want
Upset
" I had this creativity always with this will for perfection, and I always said to myself, 'Look for what's best.' 'That's your goal, your driving principle.' "
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Creativity
Perfection
Best
" My mother was a beautiful lady, elegant, chic, and that was the biggest inspiration to me. "
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Inspiration
Lady
Beautiful
" Life is like a book: one has to know when to turn the page. "
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Book
Life
Like
" You never finish learning. "
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Learning
You
Finish
" It was always my dream to be a dress designer, and my mother accepted that decision. "
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Dream
Decision
Always
" Mine is one of the most beautiful professions in fashion: making others happy with an idea... I am happy because I did the job I dreamt of as a child. "
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Child
Happy
I Am
" Fabric is the most extraordinary thing; it has life. You must respect the fabric. "
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Life
Extraordinary
You
" It gives you a good feeling. Each year, you rediscover in a garden the magic of life. A flower arrives, and it is a miracle. The leaves fall in the autumn, and it looks fantastic. There is a tenderness about a garden, and you can't help but be sensitive to that. "
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Flower
Life
Fall
" When I am designing, I keep in mind more the American woman than the French woman. "
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More
I Am
American
" To have lived your dream is very rare in life. I am a very happy man. I have been so fortunate. "
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Man
Lived
Dream
" 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. "
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Inspiration
Great
Harmony