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" My first conversation of the day is with my daughter, Nathalie. I call her every morning; it is a ritual. "

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" You have to be luxurious nude. It's difficult to move in the nude in front of a mirror. It's much easier to move when you're dressed. But if you can walk around in the nude easily in front of your man, if you can be luxurious in the nude, then you've really got it. "

" I came from an intellectual Parisian family. My father was a watchmaker; my mother was a housewife. We discussed politics, art, sculpture - never fashion. "

" Women often stop me in the street. "

" The lead of a film that wove around me, I played all the roles. I traveled the world; I loved life, pleasure. I adored to write, create. "

" When a woman confuses what she is with what she wears, then something is wrong inside. "

" We are working women. Also, we have the problem of children, of men, to take care of our houses, so many things. I try to explain that in my clothes. They are clothes for everyday life. That is the real life of woman. "

" Artifice is art. "

" People are going to figure out that I don't know anything. I always thought I'd be discredited in the end. "

" It's important to keep on keeping on, to feel good about yourself and be happy with who you are. "

" My shows are about the complete woman who swallows it all. It's a question of survival. "

" I'm not brave, I'm not fantastic. I'm like any other woman. I'm unhappy. I'm difficult. I'm sad. Am I strong, too? Maybe, but not always. There are days when I don't want to see anyone. The most important thing you learn? You can live with it. "

" Everything I do is really an expression of myself, through colors and shapes and, at the same time, I try to explain what I feel not only as a creator but also as a woman. I cannot separate one from the other. "

" When I started in fashion, for the first 10 years, I said to myself every day, 'I'm going to quit tomorrow.' "

" I have never followed fashion. What is fashion to me? I just think of things that inspire me, that inspire women, and I design that way. "

" People said making clothes inside out was not proper. I disagreed, because clothes that are inside out are as beautiful as a cathedral. "

" It's not true that clothes look better on skinny girls; what counts is the attitude. "

" My breakfast is very important. "

" The Rykiel woman? She doesn't have time to stop time. She's too busy running. In her hands she's carrying a tote, a baby, a book, a camera. "

" Women should look at themselves and decide for themselves what color or length they should wear. "

" Fashion should be a kind of bouillon de culture. "

" I don't think that clothes have anything to do with the personality. That comes from the woman herself. "

" I don't know why some women don't wear make-up. Every woman should gild the lily. "

" To me, the biggest revolution of the 20th century was the pill. "

" I never played a part in the feminist movement - it touches me, but I am not a militant. "

" My favourite feature is my hair. It has always made me look different. It was so red when I was born that my mother thought I had blood on my head. When I was a teenager, I looked like a tomboy, but then I understood that I could be a woman who was an intelligent mix between a lady and my mannish side. "

" First I made a dress because I was pregnant and I wanted to be the most beautiful pregnant woman. Then I made a sweater because I wanted to have one that wasn't like anyone else's. "

" You can have a conversation with your eyes. "

" I didn't listen to anyone. I was so violent, so authoritarian, only listening to what I wanted and myself. "

" Like Picasso, I go through blue periods, green periods, or grey periods. "

" My mother knitted a lot, but I never did; it was no fun. "