Christian Dior

"Fashion is not necessarily about labels. It's not about brands. It's about something else that comes from within you."

"If you are sad, add more lipstick and attack."

"The most important thing is that you should know who you are and what suits you best."

"I envision my role as providing women with style and elegance."

"A safe collection gathers no excitement or admiration."

"To be irreplaceable, one must always be different."

"I prefer to work intuitively rather than intellectually."

"Good taste is the worst vice of all."

"When you wear a dream, it becomes a reality."

"The most beautiful clothing is honesty and decency."

"Fashion is a language that creates itself in clothes to interpret reality."

"I designed for a woman who had finally gotten rid of her lover."

"A woman should be two things: classy and fabulous."

"Money is the sinews of beauty in the fashion world."

"Color is a power which directly influences the soul."

"The principal thing is to find beauty in others and oneself."

"We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us."

"Be daring, be different, be impractical; be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision."

"I don't care what you wear, as long as you wear it well."

"Fashion is not predetermined. You create it with the people around you."

"The dress must follow the body of a woman, not the body follow the dress."

"Fashions fade, only style remains the same."

"Fashion takes its cue from what we want at a particular moment."

"The best fashion show is definitely on the street. Always has been, and always will be."

"Never lose touch with the earth where you come from."

"Perfection does not exist—you can always do better."

"Fashion is the armor to survive the reality of everyday life."

"Life is a perpetual illusion—to retain one's place in it, one must pay."

"Give a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the world."

"Happiness is not by chance, but by choice."