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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. "

Hubert de Givenchy

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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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" I dreamed of fashion as a little boy. "

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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. "

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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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" 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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" I haven't really got a green thumb, but I love gardens and their architecture. "

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" I really love to work like a machine. "

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" 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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" Encouragement helps you to go one step more, become better. "

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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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" 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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" Like in great painting and architecture, in couture, to make clothes you must eliminate, eliminate, eliminate to obtain the true sense of a line. You see, the more you add, the more you load on, the more it's mad. You must try to have just the silhouette, which is an intelligence in clothes. "

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

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" Fashion should evolve slowly, without any revolution. "

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

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" If I had to start over, I'll do the same thing: street clothes are the future; the client can choose two or three things and combine them as she wants. "

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

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

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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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" Balenciaga was my religion. Since I'm a believer, for me, there's Balenciaga, and the good Lord. "

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

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

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