Alexander McQueen quotes
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“There is no better designer than nature”
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“Fashion should be a form of escapism, and not a form of imprisonment.”
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“For me, what I do is an artistic expression which is channeled through me. Fashion is just the medium.”
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“Fashion is self confident and fearless.”
-- Alexander McQueenSource : "Are the British really the worst-dressed tourists?" by Angela Balakrishnan, www.theguardian.com. May 24, 2007.
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“The reason I'm patriotic about Scotland is because I think it's been dealt a really hard hand. It's marketed the world over as . . . haggis . . . bagpipes. But no one ever puts anything back into it.”
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“Clothes and jewellery should be startling, individual. When you see a woman in my clothes, you want to know more about them. To me, that is what distinguishes good designers from bad designers.”
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“I used flowers because they die. My mood was darkly romantic at the time.”
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“You can only go forward by making mistakes.”
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“Clothes and jewellery should be startling, individual.”
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“Menswear is about subtlety. It's about good style and good taste.”
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“Women should look like women. A piece of cardboard has no sexuality.”
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“For people who know McQueen, there is always an underlying message. It's usually only the intellectual ones who understand what's going on in what I do.”
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“Of course I make mistakes. I'm human. If I didn't make mistakes, I'd never learn. You can only go forward by making mistakes.”
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“It's the ugly things I notice more, because other people tend to ignore the ugly things.”
-- Alexander McQueenSource : "Alexander McQueen Exhibition Extended Until August 7th" by Margie Goldsmith, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 8, 2011.
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“British fashion is self confident and fearless. It refuses to bow to commerce, thus generating a constant flow of new ideas whilst drawing in British heritage.”
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“If you ask any lady they want to be taller, they want to be slimmer, you know, and they want a waist. I'm not here to make people look like a sack of potatoes.”
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“I think there has to be an underlying sexuality. There has to be a perverseness to the clothes. There is a hidden agenda in the fragility of romance. It's like a Story of O. I am not big on women looking naive. There has to be a sinister aspect, whether it's melancholy of sadomasochist. I think everyone has a deep sexuality, and sometimes it's good to use a little of it-and sometimes a lot of it-like a masquerade.”
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“I always wanted to be a designer. I read books on fashion from the age of 12.”
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“I find beauty in the grotesque, like most artists.”
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“I want people to be afraid of the women I dress.”
-- Alexander McQueenSource : "Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty review - superficially magnificent" by Rachel Cooke, www.theguardian.com. March 15, 2015.
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“You've got to know the rules to break them. That's what I'm here for, to demolish the rules but to keep the tradition.”
-- Alexander McQueenSource : "The McQueen I knew was not a troubled genius" by Alex Bilmes, www.theguardian.com. February 13, 2010.
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“There is a hidden agenda in the fragility of romance.”
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“The explosion of museum exhibitions is only a mirror image of what has happened to fashion itself this millennium. With the force of technology, instant images and global participation, fashion has developed from being a passion for a few to a fascination - and an entertainment - for everybody.”
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“People don't want to see clothes, they want to see something that fuels the imagination”
-- Alexander McQueenSource : "McQueen Leaves Fashion in Ruins" by Eric Wilson, www.nytimes.com. March 11, 2009.
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“I never look at other people's work. My mind has to be completely focused on my own illusions.”
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“I don't want to be too proud, but I have a good personal style.”
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“It needs to connect with the earth. Things that are processed and reprocessed lose their substance.”
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“There has to be a balance between your mental satisfaction and the financial needs of your company. (But) I always remember that it's the fantasy, the artistic side, that makes customers want to buy the straightforward black pants.”
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“It's good to know where you come from. It makes you what you are today. It's DNA, it's in your blood.”
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“London’s where I was brought up. It’s where my heart is and where I get my inspiration,”
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“Give me time and I'll give you a revolution.”
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“I think the idea of mixing luxury and mass-market fashion is very modern, very now - no one wears head-to-toe designer anymore.”
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“I was literally 3 years old when I started drawing. I did it all my life, through primary school, secondary school, all my life. I always, always wanted to be a designer. I read books on fashion from the age of twelve. I followed designer's careers. I knew Giorgio Armani was a window-dresser, Emanuel Ungaro was a tailor.”
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“If you're lucky enough to use something you see in a dream, it is purely original. It's not in the world - it's in your head. I think that is amazing.”
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“People find my things sometimes aggressive.  But I don't see it as aggressive.  I see it as romantic, dealing with a dark side of personality.”
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“Some couture collections have everything including the kitchen sink! Everything gets thrown on to make it look expensive. I find it grotesque when clothes hit you in the face and there's no room for fault. But I don't expect to turn things around all by myself. I'm not a saint.”
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“I like things to be modern and still have a bit of tradition”
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“When I'm dead and gone, people will know that the twenty-first century was started by Alexander McQueen.”
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“It's a new era in fashion - there are no rules. It's all about the individual and personal style, wearing high-end, low-end, classic labels, and up-and-coming designers all together.”
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“It is important to look at death because it is a part of life. It is a sad thing, melancholy but romantic at the same time. It is the end of a cycle - everything has to end. The cycle of life is positive because it gives room for new things.”
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“There's beauty in anger, and anger for me is a passion.”
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“I came to terms with not fitting in a long time ago. I never really fitted in. I don't want to fit in. And now people are buying into that.”
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“Let me not forget the use of my own hands, that of a craftsman with eyes... that reflect the technology around me.”
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