Alexander McQueen Quotes
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I oscillate between life and death, happiness and sadness, good and evil.
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What I do is look at ancient African tribes, and the way they dress. The rituals of how they dress. . . . There’s a lot of tribalism in the collections.
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Really, what I'm aiming for is world domination!
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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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It's the ugly things I notice more, because other people tend to ignore the ugly things.
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I can't get sucked into that celebrity thing, because I think it's just crass.
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I believe in that one-on-one sell. I don't really believe in flooding the market with loads of goods that don't mean much, and you lose your identity.
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Clothes and jewellery should be startling, individual.
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I'm interested in designing for posterity.
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The turnover of fashion is just so quick and so throwaway, and I think that is a big part of the problem. There is no longevity.
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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've had good times; I've had bad times.
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I feel more Scottish than Norman.
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I like the idea of infiltrating an area that is not really exposed to me or my work.
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I was never a big networker, but I was a spin doctor, all those shock shows, that's how I got my first backers. But fashion's a scary industry to be in, especially if you've not grown up with it.
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When a woman gets dressed up to go out at night, she wants to give 50% away, and hold the rest back. If you're an open book, there's no allure.
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There is no better designer then nature.
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You can get insular with fashion.
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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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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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I don't want to be too proud, but I have a good personal style.
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I want to empower women. I want people to be afraid of the women I dress.
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Animals fascinate me because you can find a force, an energy, a fear that also exists in sex.
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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.