I always love to push myself, because I am not so self-confident.

I don't think because you have money you have taste... Education and money - this is quite rare. No?

My mom read French 'Elle' when I was a little girl, and so, when I was 15 or 16, I said, 'I want to work in fashion.'

The less you have, the more you enjoy.

I'm not a business girl. I will never be a business girl, but I will say, for Anna Wintour, that I respect successful people; I like things that are success.

Even though jeans suit me, I never wear jeans.

There are a lot of good men's magazines. In England, you have 'Arena Homme+' and 'Another Man;' and in France we have 'L'Officiel Hommes.' But all are looking similar.

I think it's difficult to do fashion for men, because either you become very over-homosexual fashion or very boring fashion. You don't want a boy who looks 15 in a little pair of shorts with some strange art... But to see just a jacket and tie is boring.

The Russians are very much more up and down than the French.

Like most Russians, I am very superstitious, and if I don't get married, I don't get divorced.

I love curvy women. Maybe because I'm not. I would love to be a Marilyn Monroe, but I'm very far away from that... So I love very curvy girls.

I never think I have to prove something.

To see yourself on the big screen, you're big, you hate your voice, your vocabulary. You say the same words, you speak bad.

When I left French 'Vogue,' New York welcomed me with a big, big hug.

I want to be the Joan of Arc of fashion. I want to be the link between the runway and the real woman.

It's true I always like to mix femininity and something a bit masculine. It's the reason I love skirts with high heels and tights, and no handbag because I love having my hands in my pockets.

I love ballet because you can see how beautiful the body is.

I think that ballet is very good for the body. It's very similar to yoga, because you have to hold a position.

If I could choose something besides fashion, I would love to be a ballerina.

I have a couture body.

I think beauty can be everywhere.

I want more women to run countries. There'd be more peace on Earth.

You can be covered and be very sexy. It's not what you show; it's what you have in mind, the way you cross your legs, the way you talk to people.

I'm not bad-looking, but I'm not a beauty, either.

I think I have character, and that is what people like in me.

I don't have a big appetite. I don't eat a lot, to be honest - never. I'm a bit like a little bird, picking all day long, but I'm not getting pasta or getting all those things, you know?

I never like to wear too much makeup, and sometimes the best makeup is when it's not too perfect. I like to sometimes apply my makeup with my fingers.

To me, makeup is fashion and vice versa. What I dress and what I wear always needs to work with my makeup, which is usually the same anyway.

When I was young, no one got married. Now, all the young people, they want to get married, they want security. Now that my children's friends are getting married, I go to more weddings than I ever did when I was young.

I am from the age of magazines, so the Internet is terrifying to me. But I am learning.

I get on well with models, and I like to treat them well.

Ballet is good, because it makes you stand up tall.

It is very wrong to sleep in your make-up, but when you wake up the next morning, I think it looks very good.

Fashion is supposed to be light and not try too hard.

I could live very quietly, do advertising to earn money.

One time, a burglar came to my apartment, so we called the police. My son was here, so I think they left before they tried to steal something. So the police come to my apartment, and they say, 'Oh my God, did they steal everything?' I was like, 'No, it was like that!'

I'm still like a butterfly going from one job to another job. But it's quite lovely - I hope to keep this freedom, to have fun.

When you have the baby, there is no BlackBerry, no computer; you just have the baby on your stomach, and your heart is beating the same time as the baby's. It's very nice.

People think I only wear new clothes, that I'm very trendy, but I like classic things on me, to mix with a trendy pair of shoes.

I would never share my daughter's wardrobe. Every five years you have to go through your wardrobe and say, 'This is possible, this is not possible.' But you have to be happy with yourself.

Do what you are not supposed to do, like wear white shoes all year round.

Fashion is not about clothes, it is about a look.

When you get older, you have to stay a bit rock n' roll so that young people will still be interested in you. The way you move, the way you talk, maybe the way you have your hair in your face a little bit - this keeps you interesting.

Sometimes, when you go to airport and look at the people, you see the worst looks - but the worst looks can give you more ideas than the best looks.

You can be beautiful with big breasts; you can be beautiful in your 40s. If you don't have perfect ankles, still you can move your legs in a certain way and look very sexy.

When you have a magazine like 'Vogue,' you know a lot of kids are going to follow your pictures.

I see girls who are so skinny on the catwalks, and I know so many of them destroy their lives and their family's lives.

My name has become a brand - it could be make-up, clothing, perfume.

I have a lot to say about fashion - not just about fashion, but beauty, art.

When you give a lot of confidence in people and you don't get it back, you are a bit disappointed, but it's life.