At the age of 9, I read David Copperfield by Dickens. At 14, I read War and Peace by Tolstoy. They're both books I have reread regularly since. — Pierre Berge Copy Share Image
I'm not an ascetic and please don't use the word zen, which is so lightly bandied about these days. Being zen . . .… — Pierre Berge Copy Share
Loving dogs is a question of anthropomorphism. We become attached to dogs because of the feelings we project on them. — Pierre Berge Copy Share
Let's talk about that for a moment, about the couple that Yves Saint Laurent and I were. Like all couples we went through "storms,"… — Pierre Berge Copy Share
I hate sentiment when it's inappropriate. I saw someone who went and saw an exhibition and came out in tears. If an exhibition drives… — Pierre Berge Copy Share
I had a Vincent van Gogh, a small Provençal landscape. We sold it. If you're going to have a van Gogh it should be… — Pierre Berge Copy Share
I am faithful up to the point of death. It's the only thing I respect. I never abandon anyone. I'm not talking about sexual… — Pierre Berge Copy Share
I've already bought another house in Tangier and the one in Deauville has been for sale for some time. As for Yves's Saint Laurent… — Pierre Berge Copy Share
I carried on buying paintings, works of art, and Yves Saint Laurent, if I may say so, had a right of inspection. We even… — Pierre Berge Copy Share
I am a man who has spent more than half a century ostensibly and visibly accompanying Yves Saint Laurent throughout his life - but… — Pierre Berge Copy Share
On my own account I certainly wouldn't have become the director of a couture house. I didn't have sufficient admiration for fashion as such… — Pierre Berge Copy Share
You don't own art. What does that mean? We are trustees of art. Art is in transit with us. That is why an auction… — Pierre Berge Copy Share
