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" 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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" Of course everyone dreams of living in the 17th or the 18th century because of the costumes, but there were so many incommodities. "

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

" 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. "

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

" I really love to work like a machine. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" You have to know when to stop - that's wisdom. "

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

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" Fashion should evolve slowly, without any revolution. "

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

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

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

" Clients become very attached to the fitter who they feel understands them. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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.' "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I am of tradition, but that doesn't mean I have an old outlook on life. "

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" 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. "

" 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. "