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Even with - the best make-up in the world won't look good if you don't cleanse and exfoliate and have a good basic regime. This is why one of my goals has always been to create a skincare line.

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• It's very refreshing to go away and take a break, to clear your head, and just get into something else.

  

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• It really has stayed practically the same. It wasn't like I used to do wild punk make-up: no, I always had the same vision.

  

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• I'm not an easily depressed person.

  

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• Transparency is more sexy than a full, pancake finish.

  

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• Was I a businessman to start with? I'm not sure. I mean, that comes slowly, when you start having the products out. But at the same time, I was very determined. I knew that I had to make it work. I had no choice.

  

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• There was a time when you would dream about, say, movie stars. Now, you virtually follow them into their bathroom when they're going to the loo.

  

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• My interpretation of the word 'ugly'... I like ugly beauty. That can happen. In France, we have phrase 'jolie laide.' We like certain women who are not pretty or cute - it's the opposite in France of pretty. It's more strange and interesting.

  

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• A woman who hides behind a mask of makeup is still going to have to take it off at some point... and deal with reality.

  

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• I never thought make-up was like brain surgery.

  

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• I love so much the models from the '60s and the '70s. They were extremely professional, great models who knew how to work the camera so well and loved fashion and had a great sense of style.

  

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• I have always been attracted to faces that are different.

  

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• People have to learn that everybody is the same. If you wake up in the morning, even if you're a movie star, you look like everybody else. The reality is that makeup is there to help. That's what it's for.

  

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• I was spoiled growing up in the 1970s because magazines were publishing the photographs of Helmut Newton and Guy Bourdin without compromise. You really felt that sense of freedom through their images.

  

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• In a lot of cases, makeup is a fantastic help, and that's why women love makeup in general. It's a fantastic way to help somebody look great. It's not the only way, of course, but it's a major accessory, along with hair, clothes, lighting, all those things.

  

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• I'm not so interested in perfect, plastic beauty, and I think it translates in the girls I've shot over the years for Nars, from Guinevere to Iris to Mariacarla. I love those girls. I love the more interesting faces, with maybe a strange nose, not just the Texan blonde. By picking those girls, I think it's changed what I've seen in other campaigns.

  

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• Makeup is about balance. When the eye makes a statement, the lips should be quiet.

  

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• I love to collaborate with artists, like Guy Bourdin and Steven Klein, who don't have any boundaries.

  

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• I'm very nostalgic - and I don't care.

  

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• I think less is more when it comes to make-up; this really helps achieve a lighter complexion. Heavy make-up creates a canvas and can dull the skin.

  

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• I always had a vision about beauty in general, so probably that's what really drove me into that direction of creating a makeup brand.

  

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• I can't remember the first time, but I've worked with supermodels almost from day one.

  

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• I hate knowing where people go to the bathroom. You follow them going to pee, to eat - I hate everything when it comes to reality shows!

  

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• In this world, you do your job, a good job, and that's what counts.

  

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• Even with - the best make-up in the world won't look good if you don't cleanse and exfoliate and have a good basic regime. This is why one of my goals has always been to create a skincare line.

  

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