“Old age, especially an honored old age, has so great authority, that this is of more value than all the pleasures of youth.”

“I never feel age…If you have creative work, you don’t have age or time.”

“Know that you are the perfect age. Each year is special and precious, for you shall only live it once. Be comfortable with growing older.”

“The answer to old age is to keep one’s mind busy and to go on with one’s life as if it were interminable.”

“Birthdays are good for you. Statistics show that people who have the most live the longest.”

“Retirement is not one of the topics with which I deal. Why should I?…Chanel will still need some clothes when I’m 89.”