French Quotes

Books follow morals, and not morals books.

Art is beauty, the perpetual invention of detail, the choice of words, the exquisite care of execution.

A cat will be your friend, but never your slave.

I was born to travel and write verse.

Chance is the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign.

Any man who does not have his inner world to translate is not an artist.

Eyes so transparent that through them the soul is seen.

It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat. It is a philosophical animal... one that does not place its affections thoughtlessly.

To love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the mind.

The West remains obsessed by the caste system.

I was born in Paris in 1950. I had a strict upper-class Catholic education but I never really fitted in the system and revolted against it quite early.

I started writing and photographing for different publications and finally ended up being the correspondent in South Asia, for the Geneva-based Journal de Geneve, which at one time used to be one of the best international newspapers in Europe.

I have no intention of going back to France, except for yearly visits to meet my family.

I have an interest in spirituality, and it opens up so many different areas of Indian life.

Being married to a daughter of India is a natural complement of my being in this country for 30 years. My roots are very much in this country, even though I remain a Westerner.

My eccentricity became direction.

My clothes have always been expensive. Even though I have had a few lower-priced lines over the years, little by little everything I do tends toward the luxury market.

My best experiences with movies have come when I didn't know what to see.

It is beautiful to be what you are.

In France, history is paralyzing.

If it's too fashiony, it's not interesting to me.

I've always felt more at home in the UK than in France.

I'm still astounded by some people's reaction to things I consider quite normal.

I was lucky to have parents who loved me.

I was fascinated by movies from age 12.

I take life as it happens. And I give myself a lot of freedom.

I start each collection thinking how I can refresh my classics.

I know what I am able and not able to do. Fashion? OK. Fashion... clothes in theatre, in an opera, in a concert - all that I love. To make a movie myself... no!

I have loved corsets since I was small. When I was a child, my grandmother took me to an exhibition, and they had a corset on display. I loved the flesh color, the salmon satin, the lace.

I don't know exactly what is my impact, but I can say I am doing fashion my own way.