Alessandro Michele Quotes
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I've been an avid collector since I was a child.
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I'm not scared of beauty, but if you fall in love with a beautiful man, it's not easy. It's easier to be in love with an ugly man. Beauty has a kind of power.
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I think we need to dream.
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I spend a lot of time in Paris, in Milan, and in New York, and Rome is a little bit different. There is something in Rome, incredible, like in a Fellini movie. Everybody's screaming and laughing very loud. It's something that can give me more energy in terms of freedom.
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My mum was obsessed with dress... so, in my house, there was always the obsession about aesthetics. She was obsessed with the idea that a beautiful movie is the one where you're so involved you won't go to the toilet during it, or you'll fall asleep with your make-up on after.
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Gender and sex are about rules which we have invented, but we are animals; we belong to nature.
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Fashion should be genderless; how people perceive the idea of beauty can vary from one to another.
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I've always been intrigued and fascinated by Gaga. She is a chameleon; she has the capability to fully express her individuality and her eclectic personality by simply being herself.
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There should be no boundaries, no hierarchy, no violence. Men and women are equal.
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We live in a world that is full of product. We have too much.
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There is something in Shanghai that is very exciting and alive - the idea of a city with two different souls, one from today and another from a long time ago, is amazing.
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The obsession that you have to manage everything - it's really bad.
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I am a collector of jewels, old jewels.
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I become mad when I work. It's like a fever that grows; I don't need to choose just one thing.
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I'm obsessed with trompe l'oeil - the idea of something that is existing and is not existing.
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Trees and flowers are so important. The idea of blooming is the idea of becoming something different.
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I'm not conscious of being a revolutionary. This is my life, looking through my glasses at my little world, but this world seems to be full of people who understand it.
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I just try to see what happens when you put your feet on the accelerator.
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Creativity is not about the fame.
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I am always connected with the Renaissance a lot; that's why I am connected with Pitti Palace.
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I don't feel the pressure of the market - otherwise, I wouldn't be able to work.
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Clothes are endless possibilities for meaning because with every change or different association, you are a different person.
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I usually talk about clothes in terms of a story rather than a colour.
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Some women are forced by men to look a certain way to be accepted by the general public, and I find that terrible.