Quotes By Vanessa Paradis

I don't like things set in stone.

I don't have the recipe for happiness, but I think the engine is simply having the desire.

I'd rather sing a good lyric written by someone else than one of my own that is terrible.

I realize how unique my path has been. And I'm thankful for that.

I mostly want to be friends with my children.

It amuses me when I'm described as 'chic.'

How many times do I have to repeat this: my childhood was fantastic.

If you have the support of people with a heart and a brain, then you're good.

Women are the real superheroes because they're not just working. They have a life and everything.

I was an only child until I was 11 years old, which is when my sister was born. So for 11 years, it was just me.

The songs from your childhood, when you hear them you get chills all over.

As long as you're fully present in what you're doing at the moment, you're doing it.

I was born in a suburb of Paris, and I grew up there until I was 16, so there were always a lot of barbecues, a garden, friends.

I love the romance of 'let's get married,' but then, when you have it so perfect... I mean, I'm more married than anybody can be - we have two kids. Maybe one day, but it's something I can really do without.

If your heart is in love, you can do anything.

Who said that artists should sell their soul, expose everything about themselves?

Love is the strongest and most fragile thing we have in life.

I'm super lucky because I come home and I don't have to run errands and clean the house and do all that.

Fear can make all of us do the wrong things sometimes.

Life is like the ocean, it goes up and down.

I don't have famous neighbours and if I did, I'd avoid them. I don't live the jet-set.

It's difficult when you want it all.

The red carpet is not something I really know how to work. It intimidates me. I feel very tiny.

I was for sure not prepared for fame when it happened.

I love clothes but I have spent so much of my professional life creating an image of one kind or another that it is nice not to care about it in life and let your skin breathe.

There are forms of art that I might not like to do myself, but I still have respect for the artists who create it.

The only thing I want to say is, I know I'm not Einstein, but I'm not the queen of the imbeciles either.

I hate, for example, whenever you hear someone say, 'You have work at being a couple.'

Well, my type is obviously creative. Creative, with burning eyes and a pretty mouth.

I understand those who don't like me.