Carine Roitfeld

My hair and make-up secret is 'the messier the better.' ”

When you give a lot of confidence in people and you don't get it back, you are a bit disappointed, but it's life. ”

As you get older, you see life is very short, so you have to appreciate more and more and to enjoy it. ”

I think when I became a grandmother my life changed a lot, and I think I changed personally. ”

When Tom Ford asked me to consult for Gucci, I had never consulted in my life. I didn't know what consulting was, and look, we made something amazing. ”

My private life is a lot more ladylike and less sultry than the fashion photos I imagine. ”

People might think I'm very hard, what with my black make-up, my hair over my eyes, etc. My innocence didn't always help me, but it did preserve something in me that maybe others don't have anymore. I'm inside my bubble, you could say, and thankfully so, because I don't think daily life is always great. It protects me. ”

If Caravaggio was a photographer today, I would love to work with him. I love his dark vision - I have a dark vision. ”

In a way, I envy the freedom artists have. Artists can push themselves beyond their limits, in pursuit of their ideas and their vision, even if they are inhabited by demons that can also play tricks on them. ”

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. ”