“We immediately fell in love with the city, the people, this country. We were so enamored that at the end of our stay, in the plane taking us home, we already had a binding sales agreement in our hands for the house we would purchase in the medina — Dar el Hanch [The House of the Serpent]. It’s when our passion for Morocco began.”

"One morning we awoke and the sun had appeared. A Moroccan sun that probes every recess and corner. The birds were singing, the snow capped Atlas Mountains blocked the horizon, and the perfume of jasmine rose to our room. We would never forget that morning, since in a certain way, it decided our destiny."

“It pleases me to think that in Marrakesh, in a Moroccan oasis and a stone’s throw from the Jardin Majorelle, a cultural center named after Yves Saint Laurent exists, housing a museum, auditorium and library, and which, while remaining true to its ancestral roots, looks proudly toward the future.”