“The fashionable woman wears clothes. The clothes don't wear her.”

“I saw no reason why childhood shouldn't last forever. So I created clothes that worked and moved and allowed people to run, to jump, to leap, to retain their precious freedom.”

“The Lord's Prayer is the most perfect piece of poetry. I always feel at peace and moved when I recite it.”

“I remember one day, when things were going frightfully well, I went to buy myself a really smashing car. I asked them to show me a Porsche with an automatic gearbox, and the salesman called over all the other salesmen, and they stood around absolutely roaring with laughter.”

“One thing I longed to do was to design a complete look, from head to toe, so I started a make-up line in 1966.”

“For one thing, I am still working as an adviser on fashion, design and colour and stuff.”

“I have been on a diet since 1962.”

“Risk it; go for it. Life always gives you another chance, another go at it. It's very important to take enormous risks.”

“I absolutely adore cows. They're the most fascinating, gentle and beautiful animals. Their eyes are so amazing. I have ten that live on the land around my house. I love to talk to them. There are few things better than falling asleep in a field and being woken up by an inquisitive cow.”

“Good taste is death vulgarity is life. ”

“My garden in England is full of eating-out places, for heat waves, warm September evenings, or lunch on a frosty Christmas morning.”