Elegance is a discipline of life..

If you wear a different perfume every day, I do not recognize you..

Yes, I had cancer. Right now, I am totally clean. The only realities in life are that you are born, and that you die..

Be the designer of your own destiny..

It’s not about what you wear, but about how you live your life.

Things never happen on accident. They happen because you have a vision, you have a commitment, you have a dream..

Love. Be curious. Always try to do your best..

Every day you have to reinvent yourself.

Women are born free, and I think that they should stay that way..

Luxury to me is not about buying expensive things; it's about living in a way where you appreciate things..

It's important to excite the imagination of a woman..

I’ve lived every day to the fullest, and I’ve had a marvelous time. I’ve tried to be nice to the people I care about, and ignore the ones I don’t. I ….

I would like better to be known as the Godfather of Fashion, with all the implications that that word has..

Gardening is how I relax. It's another form of creating and playing with colors..

Nothing says spring like hand-cut flowers..

I have always felt my role as a designer is to do the very best I can for a woman to make her look her best. Fashion is only fashion once a woman put….

My wife said I look like a Latin American dictator. I said, 'That's what I am'.

My entire concept of lifestyle is built on the foundation of my homes. There is no more important expression of this concept than that of my own pers….

Nothing is contrived. At night, the clothes should pour like liquid over the body..

Working for incredible talents like Balenciaga and Antonio Castillo, I learned about the immense skill and creativity involved in couture work..

The qualities I most admire in women are confidence and kindness..