Sonia Rykiel

Artifice is art.

— Sonia Rykiel

I don't know how to knit.

— Sonia Rykiel

My breakfast is very important.

— Sonia Rykiel

Paris was a melting pot.

— Sonia Rykiel

Wherever I go, I buy shoes.

— Sonia Rykiel

You can have a conversation with your eyes.

— Sonia Rykiel

It's useless to send models out on the runway to cry.

— Sonia Rykiel

Women often stop me in the street.

— Sonia Rykiel

My mother knitted a lot, but I never did; it was no fun.

— Sonia Rykiel

I was supposed to be a mother like my mother, who didn't work.

— Sonia Rykiel

Fashion should be a kind of bouillon de culture.

— Sonia Rykiel

The key to my collections is sensuality.

— Sonia Rykiel

I don't read e-mails because I hate them.

— Sonia Rykiel

I became the world's queen of sweaters without even knowing how one was made.

— Sonia Rykiel

I can't go any place without going to museums. It's very important for me.

— Sonia Rykiel

I have the feeling I've always done what I wanted throughout my life.

— Sonia Rykiel

A woman who walks well parts crowds - it's something we should all be taught to do.

— Sonia Rykiel

I hate wasting time getting dressed. I like to put something on and just think, 'Yes. That's it.'

— Sonia Rykiel

Being one step ahead of a fashion trend is not so important to me. What matters is to always forge ahead.

— Sonia Rykiel

I have no regrets in life, and you know what? If I could, I'd go back and do it all again.

— Sonia Rykiel

I have to say that the identity of a fashion designer is international today.

— Sonia Rykiel

Even if I'm in Japan and I don't speak Japanese and the woman facing me doesn't speak French but she's dressed in…

— Sonia Rykiel

People said making clothes inside out was not proper. I disagreed, because clothes that are inside out are as beautiful as a…

— Sonia Rykiel

The lead of a film that wove around me, I played all the roles. I traveled the world; I loved life, pleasure.…

— Sonia Rykiel

I think that clothes should be a shelter like a house or a rug. I think that there is that element of…

— Sonia Rykiel

How can you live the high life if you do not wear high heels? I don't understand why women wear these ballet…

— Sonia Rykiel

The knitted jumper comes in different trends, colours, shapes, and is adaptable in various ways when wearing. But there are also different…

— Sonia Rykiel

We are not saying that all women should be thin like these very thin and young girls. We are creating a show,…

— Sonia Rykiel

[Nathalie Rykiel] knows by heart the genetic codes of the brand, and she also has a very contemporary and creative opinions about…

— Sonia Rykiel

I hate the word 'feminine!' I mean, there is a woman and a man, and when I say 'woman,' it suggests all…

— Sonia Rykiel

Men and women are so alike that a woman must make an intellectual effort to differentiate herself. As soon as one understands…

— Sonia Rykiel

I've never been interested in dressing one woman. What's interested me was to have a philosophy. It hasn't been important to put…

— Sonia Rykiel

My husband had a clothing store in Paris, and I had his factory make specifically for me something similar to the one…

— Sonia Rykiel

Fashion is also a form of art, and like every kind of art, it has its own way of expression. In other…

— Sonia Rykiel

I think that there are so many women who understand nothing about clothes and they should try and understand themselves before they…

— Sonia Rykiel

You have to be luxurious nude. It's difficult to move in the nude in front of a mirror. It's much easier to…

— Sonia Rykiel

A scarf has to be the most beautiful thing ever invented to wear! It's a winding, a continuity, an infinity! I love…

— Sonia Rykiel

I think in the darkest moments, we need a break.

— Sonia Rykiel

Since I didn't know anything, I did everything I wanted.

— Sonia Rykiel

You know, the more grown-up you are, the more you like Proust.

— Sonia Rykiel