Christian Dior

I wanted to be considered a good craftsman. I wanted my dresses to be constructed like buildings, molded to the curves of the female form, stylizing its shape.

Haute couture is like an orchestra, for which only Balenciaga is the conductor. The rest of us are just musicians, following the directions he gives us.

Zest is the secret of all beauty. There is no beauty that is attractive without zest.

We have to base architecture on the environment.

I thank Marc Jacobs so much for giving me the opportunity to design a shoe for Louis Vuitton, but the thing that broke my heart most was when they said, 'You're finished. The shoe's finished.'

Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either.