Sonia Rykiel

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.

It doesn't matter one damn bit whether fashion is art or not. You don't question whether an incredible chef is an artist or not-his cakes are delicious and that's all that matters.

It's not true that clothes look better on skinny girls; what counts is the attitude.

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

The pill was the liberation of the spirit of women.

I have never followed fashion. What is fashion to me? I just think of things that inspire me, that inspire women, and I design that way.

I'm not brave, I'm not fantastic. I'm like any other woman. I'm unhappy. I'm difficult. I'm sad. Am I strong, too? Maybe, but not always. There are days when I don't want to see anyone. The most important thing you learn? You can live with it.

People said making clothes inside out was not proper. I disagreed, because clothes that are inside out are as beautiful as a cathedral.

Perfume is like a parenthesis, a moment of freedom, peace, love and sensuality in between the disturbances of modern living.