Carine Roitfeld

Editor

222 Quotes

You can't put yourself into competition with a magazine like 'Vogue.' You have to create something new, something different.

When you're writing, you're on your own, and I like to work as a team.

Fashion has a political role insofar as following it can give you the impression to belonging to a certain social group or a private club.

The less you have, the more you enjoy.

A magazine is not just one person. And a fashion shoot is the same!

I keep my old friends, and get older with them, but push young. It's good to be surrounded by kids, because they keep you young.

I think when I became a grandmother my life changed a lot, and I think I changed personally.

Enthusiasm is something so positive.

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

Peragaan busana dulu biasanya lebih gila. Sekarang mereka menjadi terlalu serius.

My private life is a lot more ladylike and less sultry than the fashion photos I imagine.

I hate people who over intellectualize. It bores me deeply.

In a way, I envy the freedom artists have. Artists can push themselves beyond their limits, in pursuit of their ideas and their vision, even if they are inhabited by demons that can also play tricks on them.

It's interesting to know how much you are worth.

Sometimes you think you aren't a good mama; you always feel a bit guilty when you're a mom. You want to be everywhere.

I never think I have to prove something.

Fashion's about extravagance, and everyone needs a bit of that.

I'm not a nostalgic person: I never look back; I always forget.

Fashion is a completely international business.

I am not mean at all; I am not tough at all.

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