Pierre Cardin quotes:

The only one who is alive today and still being talked about is Pierre Cardin.

Fashion design is so diverse. It does not have clear identities as before with Balenciaga, Chanel, Cardin, Courreges. Design is about being recognised without a label. Elegance alone is not sufficient,

The dress is a vase which the body follows. My clothes are like modules in which bodies move.

I have a name, I have to take advantage of it.

We undress men and women, we don't dress them any more.

I can go all over the world with just three outfits: a blue blazer and gray flannel pants, a gray flannel suit, and black tie.

I was very lucky, I was part of the post-war period when everything had to be redone.

I do not believe there has ever been a name as important as Pierre Cardin in the general history of couture.

My old vintage designs are so popular now. I must have been on to something.

I wash with my own soap-wear my own perfume...got to bed on my own sheets... have my own food products. I live on me.

My name is more important than myself.

The jean! The jean is the destructor. It is a dictator! It is destroying creativity! The jean must be stopped!

They said pret-a-porter will kill your name, and it saved me

When I finish with one thing very well, I start some other thing. I don't like to stop. I like to continually prove myself.