“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and go do it.”

“If I quit today – I see these people. They spend a whole week planning their haircut. That is not my idea of living. I’m tap dancing to work everyday…It doesn’t get better than that.”

“The value of old age depends upon the person who reaches it. To some men of early performance it is useless. To others, who are late to develop, it just enables them to finish the job.”

“If I retired, I’d still do exactly what I do. So I may as well not retire. Retire from what? I’d do this for nothing.”

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

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