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" It pains me physically to see a woman victimized, rendered pathetic, by fashion. "

Yves Saint Laurent

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" Seeing Cubism paintings at the Beaubourg makes me very happy and, also, old films. "

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" I wish I had invented blue jeans. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity - all I hope for in my clothes. "

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" I'm not deceived by people, because I don't pay attention to people. "

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" Poiret made clothes for individual customers, but I wouldn't like to make a dress just for its own sake. "

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" I just tried to be an artist in my own metier. "

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" Over the years I have learned that what is important in a dress is the woman who is wearing it. "

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" When I was young in the 1960s, all the world watched the youth. Everywhere was the sensation of wanting to break the chains but to do something beautiful. It is my privilege to have beauty always near me. "

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" Dressing is a way of life. "

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" We must never confuse elegance with snobbery. "

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" A visit to Marrakesh was a great shock to me. This city taught me color. "

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" I'm constantly looking for perfection. "

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" I tell myself that I created the wardrobe of the contemporary woman, that I participated in the transformation of my times. "

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" When I look at the five thousand garments and then all this music hall work, I ask myself how I could have done it all. I was a phenomenon! "

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" Basic clothes are for all women, to last for decades and decades. They are the future and will never change. I am persuaded of that. "

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" I'm very sure of myself - what I do and what I like. "

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" Good clothing is a passport to happiness. "

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" If men wanted to look good in a skirt, they would need the body of an African. And the colour. A skirt with white, skinny legs. Horrible! "

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" I try to only be in agreeable circumstances. "

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" My favorite thing is a black sweater and skirt, which you can wear all the time by changing the accessories. "

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" Isn't elegance forgetting what one is wearing? "

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" I want to thank all the women who have worn my clothes, the famous and the unknown, who have been so faithful to me and given me so much joy. "

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" I'd really like to be in closer contact with life. I'm a little too distant, I guess. I like to place myself outside. "

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" I'm so secluded. Very alone. "

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" I do not decide that skirts shall be short or long. The shape of the dress itself often dictates the length. "

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" I hate fashion. I don't have any fun doing it. A show terrifies me. "

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" I am very happy to design haute couture. It's a love story between couture and me. "

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" I live in solitude. I have need of solitude to do the next day's work. I can't be to parties where the noise tires me. I can't speak on the telephone. I must have complete calm. "

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