By The Associated Press

Some quotes on the legendary fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent, who died Sunday:

"You shouldn't believe Saint Laurent was a happy man. You would be wrong. Saying he was unhappy would be too big a word, but it's not far. He was unsatisfied, anxious. A man who had trouble achieving what he wanted, out of perfectionism, precisely."  - Pierre Berge, Saint Laurent's close friend and business partner for four decades

"His death puts a final period on a certain era in fashion, and the very influential role of Paris in the fashion world." - Pamela Golbin, curator at the Fashion Museum (Musee de la Mode) in Paris

"Yves didn't like the word fashion that much, he liked style. ... What will be missing in the world of fashion is a total respect of the human being, of the woman." - Lulu de la Falaise, Saint Laurent's studio assistant and a close friend for more than 30 years