Carla Bruni Quotes

“I want a man with nuclear power.”

— Carla Bruni

“Love lasts a long time but burning desire lasts two to three weeks.”

— Carla Bruni

“I like peace and solitude and silence.”

— Carla Bruni

“I hoped that, you know, France wouldn't mind about, you know, the wife of their president to having a job.”

— Carla Bruni

“I don't believe in cutting out people from the past. It doesn't give strength; it just gives loneliness.”

— Carla Bruni

“Marriage is another trap. If you are someone who likes independence, it's another stamp against that. And you have to swear to fidelity.”

— Carla Bruni

“I'm not really a femme fatale.”

— Carla Bruni

I only judge people in one way. I like them or I don't. But I don't have preconceived ideas.

— Carla Bruni

I must represent France, and I want to be elegant, and I want the French people to be proud of me, you know.

— Carla Bruni

I think it would be shocking for me to pretend not to have any past. And also, it would be a lie.

— Carla Bruni

“It would never occur to me to judge anyone.”

— Carla Bruni

“I am cursed with computers; something always goes wrong.”

— Carla Bruni

“I care about writing music and playing my music.”

— Carla Bruni

I've ended up becoming my mother in some respects, despite my eight years of analysis!

— Carla Bruni

“In reality, I don't see myself as a man hunter. In fact, when it comes to love, I am rarely the one to make the first move.”

— Carla Bruni

“My mother was a classical pianist and my stepfather was an industrialist who was passionate about composing contemporary music.”

— Carla Bruni

“It's always astounded me to have succeeded at having kids. It's crazy!”

— Carla Bruni

I'm not at all an active feminist. On the contrary, I'm a bourgeois. I love family life, I love doing the same thing every day.

— Carla Bruni

“My dream life is just to go back to my job full-time. And be with my family. You know, regular dreams, common dreams that everyone has.”

— Carla Bruni

“When I met Eric Clapton, I was a very young girl. I was 20 years old. And we were linked for a very short time, and then we became friends. And then we lost touch, which I'm really sorry about.”

— Carla Bruni

I find that talking about myself is often the most boring thing in the world. Sixty per cent of interviews I find mechanical.

— Carla Bruni

“I love English rock music the best and have always been fascinated by The Clash, especially Joe Strummer, their singer.”

— Carla Bruni

“I thought marriage was something very quiet and very regular and very bourgeois.”

— Carla Bruni

“But I'm very careful with opinions because I never know what the truth is. When I read what the press says about me, I don't really believe what it says about other people.”

— Carla Bruni

“I'm monogamous from time to time, but I prefer polygamy and polyandry.”

— Carla Bruni

“When I was having my hair and make-up done backstage at a fashion show, I would sneak in a copy of Dostoevsky and read it inside a copy of Elle or Vogue. But it would be pretentious of me to say I was more intelligent than the other supermodels.”

— Carla Bruni

We don't need to be feminist in my generation.

— Carla Bruni

“I can no longer seduce because I love my husband ... I don't want to hurt him. I am no longer a man-eater.”

— Carla Bruni

“I'm crazy about Israel. It's full of life.”

— Carla Bruni