Let's talk about that for a moment, about the couple that Yves Saint Laurent and I were. Like all couples we went through "storms," as the Jacques Brel song says. But if there's one area where we never had the slightest disagreement, it was art. Never. Not once. Not about painting, not about opera, not about theater. We were always in complete communion. Of course, that's how all of the collection came into being.
I had a Vincent van Gogh, a small Provençal landscape. We sold it. If you're going to have a van Gogh it should be a really good van Gogh. - Pierre Berge
I had a Vincent van Gogh, a small Provençal landscape. We sold it. If you're going to have a van Gogh it should be a really good van Gogh.
- Pierre Berge
Chanel liberated women: Saint Laurent gave them power. - Pierre Berge
Chanel liberated women: Saint Laurent gave them power.
I won't make a mark on history. I have some importance in the time we live in, but that's all. - Pierre Berge
I won't make a mark on history. I have some importance in the time we live in, but that's all.
There's nothing that really motivates me anymore and demands that I get up in the morning. In the past it was Yves Saint Laurent. - Pierre Berge
There's nothing that really motivates me anymore and demands that I get up in the morning. In the past it was Yves Saint Laurent.
I hate sentiment when it's inappropriate. I saw someone who went and saw an exhibition and came out in tears. If an exhibition drives you to tears yo… - Pierre Berge
I hate sentiment when it's inappropriate. I saw someone who went and saw an exhibition and came out in tears. If an exhibition drives you to tears yo…
I am faithful up to the point of death. It's the only thing I respect. I never abandon anyone. I'm not talking about sexual relations. I'm faithful i… - Pierre Berge
I am faithful up to the point of death. It's the only thing I respect. I never abandon anyone. I'm not talking about sexual relations. I'm faithful i…
Yves Saint Laurent hated fashion. He loved style. - Pierre Berge
Yves Saint Laurent hated fashion. He loved style.
The problem with Yves Saint Laurent was that he was a man who understood his time period better than anyone, but he didn't like it. Real artists live… - Pierre Berge
The problem with Yves Saint Laurent was that he was a man who understood his time period better than anyone, but he didn't like it. Real artists live…
A collection is like a dinner party. It is made up of the people you invite, but also the people you don't. - Pierre Berge
A collection is like a dinner party. It is made up of the people you invite, but also the people you don't.
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