Saint Laurent Quotes by Pierre Berge

Yves Saint Laurent hated fashion. He loved style.

— Pierre Berge

Chanel liberated women: Saint Laurent gave them power.

— Pierre Berge

“Chanel gave women freedom. Yves Saint Laurent (YSL) gave them power.”

— Pierre Berge

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

Loving dogs is a question of anthropomorphism. We become attached to dogs because of the feelings we project on them.

— Pierre Berge

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

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

I hate nostalgia. Today is always better than yesterday.

— Pierre Berge

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

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

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

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

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

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

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