Christian Dior

"A woman should be charming, but charm should not be her business."

"I wish I had invented blue jeans: the most spectacular, the most practical, the most relaxed and nonchalant thing for living one's life."

"The most marvelous thing in the world is the power of understanding."

"Perfection is not just about control, it is also about letting go."

"In the future, there will be no female leaders. There will only be leaders."

"Fashion is a language. Some people listen, and some people don't."

"I do not create fashion. I wait for it and when it comes, I recognize it."

"The secret is not beauty, but rather the spirit within."

"Luxury is a necessity that begins where necessity ends."

"You should never let a problem become an excuse."

"The most beautiful thing you can wear is confidence."

"Fashion is not in the clothes. It is a form of architecture."

"Wealth must be nurtured, not squandered."

"Men's fashion is about subtlety. Women's fashion is about sensuality."

"I invented the New Look in order to restore beauty to women after the war."

"Fashion is not a democracy, it is not a monarchy, it is a dictatorship."

"The secret of success is to work, work and work."

"A woman's dress should be a whisper, not a shout."

"There should be a moral in the style of dress."

"Fashion is the science of appearance, and politics the art of influence."

"The cut, the shape, the proportion of the silhouette is far more important than color, fabric or details."

"I believe that fashion is not something that should go down to the street from the catwalk."

"One is never over-dressed or under-dressed with a Little Black Dress."

"The most important seduction tool is the woman's actual person."

"I would rather say that fashion is a form of ugliness so absolutely unbearable that we have to alter it every six months."

"Fashion takes a long time. It is not something that you can rush."

"A woman must be three things: elegant, mysterious, and fabulous."

"Fabric is the soul of fashion."

"Flowers are the alphabet that God has written in the meadows to make mankind happy."

"Fashion is not a burden; it is a source of joy and beauty."