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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. "

Hubert de Givenchy

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

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" American and Italian women stimulate designers to do new things. "

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" 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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" Fashion should evolve slowly, without any revolution. "

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

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

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" 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. "

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" It's a fabulous thing to give life to fabric, to make something move well, the harmony of colour. "

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" I dreamed of fashion as a little boy. "

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" 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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" I really love to work like a machine. "

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" You must, if it's possible, be born with a kind of elegance. It's part of you, of yourself. "

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

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

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" 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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" You never finish learning. "

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

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

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

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

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" Life is like a book: one has to know when to turn the page. "

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