On resurrecting the Chanel brand:
"Ten or 11 years after [Coco Chanel's] death, it was a sleeping beauty with one idea: respect. The good thing about Chanel is that her whole life was not that flawless that, “Yes, we have to be respectful.” The other side, that’s about fashion. Only doing an homage really gets nowhere. That’s boredom incarnated."
On following his instinct:
“I listen to my inner voices, like a French male version of the Joan of Arc.”
On his favorite artist:
"My favorite is Jeff Koons, because I think that’s the right spirit of our times. I like the spirit, the proportions, the person, the whole thing. When I like something though, I don’t ask myself why. I only like it, that’s all."
Read the full interview over at WWD.