“If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.”
Albert Einstein
“To be successful, keep looking tanned, live in an elegant building (even if you're in the cellar), be seen in smart restaurants (even if you nurse one drink) and if you borrow, borrow big.”
Aristotle
“Elegance is refusal.”
Coco Chanel
“Isn't elegance forgetting what one is wearing?”
Yves Saint Laurent
“His style of playing, particularly in his early years, was a stunning patrician elegance with a very natural musical line which fitted the style of whatever composition.”
Isaac Stern
“A woman's perfume tells more about her than her handwriting.”
Christian Dior
“[*Haute couture implies precision in lines] Haute couture consists of secrets whispered from generation to generation, ... If, in ready-to-wear, a garment is manufactured according to standard sizes, the haute couture garment adapts to any imperfection in order to eliminate it.”