“The problem with Yves Saint Laurent was that he was a man who understood his time period better than anyone, but he didn't like it. Real artists live their own lives in parallel. It's the artist who transforms his times.” MenRealProblemArtistSaint Author:Pierre Berge
“I am a man who has spent more than half a century ostensibly and visibly accompanying Yves Saint Laurent throughout his life - but not only that. In the past and still today, I have been behind a lot of creators and artists, supporting them and helping them. That's probably how I see my mission.” MenHelpingTodayPastArtistSaint Author:Pierre Berge
“In April 2007 I learned that Yves Saint Laurent had a brain tumor, and he died on June 1, 2008. During those 14 months I had plenty of time to think about what would happen. There was only one solution: the auction. An auction establishes memory. That's what I want to do.” ThinkingMemoriesBrainSolutionsSaintPlentyAprilTime To Think Author:Pierre Berge
“I carried on buying paintings, works of art, and Yves Saint Laurent, if I may say so, had a right of inspection. We even shared a common reading of the history of art. It would never have crossed Yves's mind to say to me, "Ah, I saw a Pablo Picasso . . ." He knew perfectly well what was interesting with Picasso, as did I.” MindArtReadingInterestingCommonPaintingSaint Author:Pierre Berge
“Let's talk about that for a moment, about the couple that Yves Saint Laurent and I were. Like all couples we went through "storms," as the Jacques Brel song says. But if there's one area where we never had the slightest disagreement, it was art. Never. Not once. Not about painting, not about opera, not about theater. We were always in complete communion. Of course, that's how all of the collection came into being.” ArtMomentsSongPaintingCoupleSaintStormCommunionDisagreement Author:Pierre Berge
“I've already bought another house in Tangier and the one in Deauville has been for sale for some time. As for Yves's Saint Laurent apartment, it is being sold because he's dead. But I won't be furnishing my home from Ikea.” HomeHouseSaintApartment Author:Pierre Berge
“There's nothing that really motivates me anymore and demands that I get up in the morning. In the past it was Yves Saint Laurent.” PastMorningSaint Author:Pierre Berge
“I never abandoned Yves Saint Laurent. I used to have lunch with him twice a week. I also saw him every Saturday. My presence beside him was even more important in his bad times. But that didn't leave me a great deal of room in which to maneuver. Freedom is an intellectual space. But I don't use it.” ImportantWeekIntellectualSaintAbandonedSaturdayLeaving MeBad Times Author:Pierre Berge
