Carine Roitfeld Quotes
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If Caravaggio was a photographer today, I would love to work with him. I love his dark vision - I have a dark vision.
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I'm not bad-looking, but I'm not a beauty, either.
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It's interesting to know how much you are worth.
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The hair and makeup is very important in a fashion picture. When I create a look for a girl, it starts with the makeup. Sometimes it takes an entire day to find the look.
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Sometimes pressure can be good, and it gives you a lot of energy to do something.
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My name has become a brand - it could be make-up, clothing, perfume.
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I love ballet because you can see how beautiful the body is.
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Even though jeans suit me, I never wear jeans.
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I love curvy women. Maybe because I'm not. I would love to be a Marilyn Monroe, but I'm very far away from that... So I love very curvy girls.
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I like to surprise people. I try to take risks.
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I discovered the slip dress, which I think is one of the more French things because when you take off your clothes, even when to go into a shop to buy something, or you're going to Riccardo Tisci to try on a suit, it's like having protection.
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Fashion is a completely international business.
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I get on well with models, and I like to treat them well.
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A lot of rumours on the Internet are wrong and horrible.
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People ask me 'Why you want to do another magazine - 10 years at 'Vogue,' a great magazine? Why do you want to make a new one? It's so difficult and there's already so many.' I wanted to do something new, bring a new vision.
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Just because someone is holding a gun doesn't make an image controversial. It all depends on where you put the gun, who is holding it.
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Either you are a good Virgo or a crazy Virgo! The good Virgo side of me is educating and raising the children - being there for them.
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There are a lot of good men's magazines. In England, you have 'Arena Homme+' and 'Another Man;' and in France we have 'L'Officiel Hommes.' But all are looking similar.
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I'm a very spontaneous person, for the bad and the good.
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Fashion isn't something you can buy; you need to have the sense of it, and most people don't.
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If I'm doing something in fashion, I will try to respect the 'laws' of the business, but I will try to keep my integrity and my respect for the designers and for my readers.
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I'm always independent. No boss.
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I don't have a big appetite. I don't eat a lot, to be honest - never. I'm a bit like a little bird, picking all day long, but I'm not getting pasta or getting all those things, you know?
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I think when I became a grandmother my life changed a lot, and I think I changed personally.