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“I won't make a mark on history. I have some importance in the time we live in, but that's all.”

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Pierre Berge, born on November 14, 1930, is an esteemed industrialist with a profound impact on the fashion industry, particularly in the realm of haute couture. more

“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.”

Important Week Intellectual Saint Abandoned Saturday Leaving Me Bad Times

Author:Pierre Berge

“Ages of experience have taught humanity that the commitment of a husband and wife to love and to serve one another promotes the welfare of children and the stability of society.”

Love Children Age Humanity Wife Society Taught Husband Commitment Welfare Stability Husband And Wife Husband Wife

Author:Jack Kingston

“Love is what makes me live, quite simply. It's the only thing that makes me work. It made me become what I am today.”

Today Love Is

Author:Pierre Berge

“On my own account I certainly wouldn't have become the director of a couture house. I didn't have sufficient admiration for fashion as such to have done so.”

Done House Fashion Admiration

Author:Pierre Berge

“When I hear my favorite songwriters write about things they clearly have not experienced, like "Isis" by Bob Dylan or a lot of Bruce Springsteen songs or something like that, I'm always like, "Man, how do I tap into that?" Every time I tried to do something that wasn't autobiographical I felt pretty phony.”

Men Writing Song My Favorite Dylan Phony Favorite Song Springsteen

Author:Taylor Goldsmith

“I was 21, and I was like, "Man, am I really gonna start over and try this whole thing over again? Do I want to start over and be in a rock band again and try to act like a 17-year-old for as long as I can?" Because that was what I was doing with Simon Dawes band. I decided that if I was going to go on playing music, I was going to try and work on it. So I got into Leonard Cohen and Will Oldham, guys that really inspired me not only as songwriters but also through their music as people, and that's kind of what the shift was for me.”

People Men Trying Kind Long Guy Inspired Starting Over

Author:Taylor Goldsmith

“That's happened a couple times: Billy Joel. It was just, "You sound like Billy Joel." And I get really upset about that. No offense to that guy, but it's not for me.”

Guy Couple Upset Offense Get Real

Author:Taylor Goldsmith

“The one thing I worry about with that is whether or not we're edgy enough for the young kids. You know, does a 20-year-old like the fact that he can play it for his dad? Is that cool?”

Enough Kids Worry Dad

Author:Taylor Goldsmith

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