I always wear my sweater back-to-front; it is so much more flattering.

Elegance is innate. It has nothing to do with being well dressed. Elegance is refusal.

The only real elegance is in the mind; if you've got that, the rest really comes from it.

[Balenciaga] did the most delicious evening clothes. Clothes aren't delicious any more.

No one cuts backs like he did. No one knows what a back is anymore.

A lie to get out of something, or take an advantage for oneself, that’s one thing; but a lie to make life more interesting—well, that’s entirely different.