Olivier Theyskens Quotes & Sayings

“I like to be lazy. I do like to be busy and really active, but when that's done, you can be sure I will be a lazy boy. I like to take time and relax and enjoy life.”

“Our eyes reflect light. Better that the lips are more like a rose petal.”

“We always see the point of an iceberg. So I've always accepted the idea that people - they don't necessarily know everything I am.”

“Art is the way people see things, and I think it's great when individuals can find in fashion something they truly believe is artistic.”

“I don't think couture will die. But it should have no pretension that it will conquer the world. It's not something that will disappear because all you need is a thread and a needle to start making something couture.”

“My first collection was made from sheets that my grandmother, who lived in Normandy, had been collecting for a long time. There are a lot of flea markets in that part of France, and she knew what I liked.”

“When I was very young, I wanted to be a girl. I was jealous that girls got to be princesses and wear skirts. It tormented me. When I was 6, I even heard that you could change your sex, and I was very intrigued until the moment I realized that if I changed into a girl, I would be an ugly girl, and this is the last thing I wanted to be.”

“When Princess Diana got married, I was a very little kid, I think. I remember her dress, and I found the dress amazing when I was a kid.”

“I always like to preserve my freedom. I've never really been attached to any place; that's probably why I kept moving. I like to evolve.”

“My sense of designing is a mix of intuition and intellectual control.”