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“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.”

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Pierre Berge

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'm not an ascetic and please don't use the word zen, which is so lightly bandied about these days. Being zen . . . It's shameful to talk in such a way. I haven't become an ascetic but I'm not going to build up another collection. I'm going to create my new environment. I already know what I want.”

Environment Shameful

Author:Pierre Berge

“I hate nostalgia. Today is always better than yesterday.”

Today Hate I Hate Nostalgia

Author:Pierre Berge

“I love Marcel Proust, but I leave him to his nostalgia. I don't approach art the way most people do. I don't get into Proust by imagining that I am Charlus or whoever. It's the same thing in painting - I try to look at it objectively. There's no pathos in that. It's like Bach's "Goldberg Variations." They have to be approached with a scalpel.”

People Trying Art Painting Nostalgia Proust

Author:Pierre Berge

“I hate sentiment when it's inappropriate. I saw someone who went and saw an exhibition and came out in tears. If an exhibition drives you to tears you need to see a psychiatrist immediately. That's what I think.”

Thinking Hate Tears I Hate Sentiments Psychiatrist Inappropriate

Author:Pierre Berge