Explore Quotes by Carla Bruni

I've ended up becoming my mother in some respects, despite my eight years of analysis!

I thought marriage was something very quiet and very regular and very bourgeois.

My dream life is just to go back to my job full-time. And be with my family. You know, regular dreams, common dreams that everyone has.

I'm not really a femme fatale.

I hoped that, you know, France wouldn't mind about, you know, the wife of their president to having a job.

In reality, I don't see myself as a man hunter. In fact, when it comes to love, I am rarely the one to make the first move.

When I met Eric Clapton, I was a very young girl. I was 20 years old. And we were linked for a very short time, and then we became friends. And then we lost touch, which I'm really sorry about.

I must represent France, and I want to be elegant, and I want the French people to be proud of me, you know.

It's always astounded me to have succeeded at having kids. It's crazy!

I think it would be shocking for me to pretend not to have any past. And also, it would be a lie.

I don't believe in cutting out people from the past. It doesn't give strength; it just gives loneliness.

I like peace and solitude and silence.

I love English rock music the best and have always been fascinated by The Clash, especially Joe Strummer, their singer.

I'm not at all an active feminist. On the contrary, I'm a bourgeois. I love family life, I love doing the same thing every day.

I'm crazy about Israel. It's full of life.

But I'm very careful with opinions because I never know what the truth is. When I read what the press says about me, I don't really believe what it says about other people.

I want a man with nuclear power.

Marriage is another trap. If you are someone who likes independence, it's another stamp against that. And you have to swear to fidelity.

I'm monogamous from time to time, but I prefer polygamy and polyandry.

My mother was a classical pianist and my stepfather was an industrialist who was passionate about composing contemporary music.

I only judge people in one way. I like them or I don't. But I don't have preconceived ideas.