Carolina Herrera

Work doesn't seem to interfere with my life. I have time for everything, even time to be alone. ”

I was schooled at home, then didn't go to university because I married when I was 17. I didn't go into work until late in my life. ”

Latinas who come to the U.S. should adapt, learn English and become a part of the community. ”

Fashion is not an investment. If you wear a dress and don't get many compliments, you won't wear it again. It's not like buying bonds. ”

I always remember my childhood house with happy memories. There was a beautiful garden, and outside my bedroom window was a jasmine vine which would open in the evenings, giving off a divine scent. ”

My family - my husband, my daughters, my grandchildren, my great-grandchildren, all of them - are the most important thing in the world to me. ”

Sometimes you see women that don't realize that age is changing your style, and they don't change. ”

There isn't a book that has changed me, but I have favourites such as 'Pride and Prejudice' which I often re-read. ”

When you live and work in different time zones, you spend a lot of time on airplanes. ”

The first painting that I realised I liked was 'The Garden of Earthly Delights' by Hieronymus Bosch, when I was six years old, at the Prado in Madrid. I still find myself returning there every time I'm in the city. ”