"I had a dual role: designer and advocate."

“It [the scene] can be something given to you and you go, "Ah this is a good idea, I can work with this." Sometimes it cuts right across your instinct and that's when I might resist. Even if the director might be insistent, I think it's very important to say, "Look, I'm not feeling this. I'll try to make it work but I got to let you know."”

“You shouldn't have to have money to have a luxury fragrance.”

“I am convinced that success is not measured by what you get out of life, but by what you give back.”

“No matter what his rank or position may be, the lover of books is the richest and the happiest of the children of men.”

Source : John Alfred Langford (1880). “The Praise of Books as Said and Sung by English Authors: Selected with a Preliminary Essay on Books”

“Trying to remember, I have learned, is like trying to clutch a handful of fog. Trying to forget, like trying to hold back the monsoon.”

“Pele was the most complete player I've ever seen.”

“The greatest service we can do the common man is to abolish him and make all men uncommon.”

“I hope the average woman feels she needs practicality but with a little bit of fantasy. Otherwise, it's just not fashion.”

Source : "When Francisco Met Bianca". Harper’s Bazaar Interview, www.harpersbazaar.com. October 18, 2011.