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" 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. "

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

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" 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. "

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

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" I always believe in pants. You can play with your legs, your attitude, with pants. It's much more funny. It's much more sophisticated. It's much more arrogant, like a man with feminine attitude. I love pants. "

" 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. "

" I don't know how to knit. "

" My only ambition was to have 10 children. Fashion was an accident. "

" The natures of men and women are very mixed, and for me, the most fascinating type of woman is the one who is a little masculine, has a little of the man in her, and the sort of man who is fabulous is the one who is a little woman, too. It's impossible not to mix them! "

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" I have the impression that the women around me are like me - smaller, taller, fatter, thinner - but in fact, we are all the same. "

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" I don't want to show my pain. I resisted; I hesitated. I tried to be invisible, to pretend that nothing was wrong. It's impossible; it's not like me. "

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

" The pill was the liberation of the spirit of women. "

" I was fascinated by stripes from the start. On clothing, they follow a woman's movements. "

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

" Everyone knows that life is very expensive and you can change, you can turn, you can play with clothes with a lot of accessories. "

" 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. "

" My breakfast is very important. "

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

" How can you live the high life if you do not wear high heels? I don't understand why women wear these ballet pumps. They are only good if you walk like a ballet dancer, and only ballet dancers do that. "

" I was supposed to be a mother like my mother, who didn't work. "

" You can have a conversation with your eyes. "

" French women famously take care over their appearance, but this wasn't instilled in me as I grew up. I was taught that beauty comes from different places, from the inside and from the outside. "

" I love chocolate. Black chocolate with marshmallow inside, caramel inside. If I could only have two foods, I'd take some fantastic chocolate. And some terrible chocolate. I love the Clark Bar. "

" I want women to learn to find themselves. "

" I hate the word 'feminine!' I mean, there is a woman and a man, and when I say 'woman,' it suggests all that is radiant, tender, fascinating, gentle, demoniac, exaggerated! 'Feminine' makes me think of somebody who is spindly and over-sweet - I don't like that! "

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" I hate wasting time getting dressed. I like to put something on and just think, 'Yes. That's it.' "

" At hotels, you are an actress. Absolutely. You can do what you want. Go where you want. I love my home too. But I love to arrive in a hotel. They have books, chocolate, food. I put things in the little refrigerator. "

" 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. "

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