I like to surprise people. I try to take risks.

Becoming a grandmother brought me back to the things I forgot to love. Nature. Playing. Seeing animals. A new way of looking. A rejuvenation. A cycle of life - things come back to you. The details.

Each morning, you dress to become a different woman. Fashion helps.

I am not a celebrity. I work with celebrities, and it is very difficult. When a celebrity wears a dress, it's good for business, so brands fight for the red carpet. Me? I don't like it, because fashion becomes a job about dressing celebrities. And it's a bit boring.

You know it's very important, the role of a mother... I don't know, but it's feminism to me to love your kids.

I love if someone invites me to a restaurant, so I don't know if that's a feminist.

I love the free spirit in London.

Fashion is a completely international business.

Pregnancy is something that I always love. It's about hope and the future and a new baby.

Maybe people have no idea how much work is behind a picture. It can seem very effortless, but there is a lot of work. It's exactly like doing ballet. It's hours and hours, but when you go onstage, it's just the pleasure of dancing.

I'm so tired of this vision of fashion of a diva with a big ego, and you think of big dark glasses to be pretentious and keep far away from the people.

The first Chanel jacket that I saw - that I knew was Chanel - was on TV. It was on Mrs. Kennedy - the pink one.

Designers have told me that their collections are so me, but I don't always recognise it because if you ask me what my style is, I'm really not that sure.

Bleaching eyebrows makes me crazy.

I mix talents and friendship, which is not very professional, but it's my way of thinking. So I love Azzedine Alaia, because I've known him for 30 years, and he's making my dresses most of the time.

I love black lingerie and white shoes, and I love knives.

I am afraid of blood, but for some reason often I put blood in my photos... I don't know why.

People might think I'm very hard, what with my black make-up, my hair over my eyes, etc. My innocence didn't always help me, but it did preserve something in me that maybe others don't have anymore. I'm inside my bubble, you could say, and thankfully so, because I don't think daily life is always great. It protects me.

I started wearing high heels when I first worked with Mario Testino. He is tall; I had to be at his height. And I have never stopped since then.

The true test of a man's style is the haircut. There are some men who look good no matter how their hair is styled, whether it's trendy or not. A man can change his haircut many times, but to pull off any haircut, you have to be very chic. Like Brad Pitt.

Look at someone like Steve Jobs. His look wasn't very special - black turtleneck and jeans - but he had style. He looked the same, and you knew it was him when you saw him. Plus, he was a very smart person, which is also very attractive. His style was simple, not distracting, and very strong.

I actually love the 'rappers look,' with the saggy pants and oversized clothes. It's very deliberate.

When in doubt, wear a suit. Look at male politicians: you see them in a suit, and they look fine. But if you see a picture of them on the weekend or on vacation, there's a good chance they look terrible and unstylish.

I'm always independent. No boss.

People ask me 'Why you want to do another magazine - 10 years at 'Vogue,' a great magazine? Why do you want to make a new one? It's so difficult and there's already so many.' I wanted to do something new, bring a new vision.

I made a big family when I was working at 'Vogue' for ten years, and I'm still friends with a lot of them.

I'm a very spontaneous person, for the bad and the good.

I don't like Botox. It makes a very strange forehead.

I am Parisian. I don't love the French.

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.