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All Quotes by author - Alber Elbaz

" At Yves Saint Laurent, I felt like the son-in-law - like I was part of the family, but not quite. When I was fired, I felt like the widow. "

" Fashion is not always about what's new, it's also about what's good. And I think if you need to see what's good, you have to be there. "

" For me, the sketching of dresses was about fantasy and dreams. In my little room at home, I felt that I was somewhere else. In Paris, for instance. "

" I am very much a people person. "

" I certainly can't complain. I work six days a week, if not seven, and eighteen hours out of twenty-four - fortunately, with a great deal of pleasure. Why? Because I only do something if I want to do it; I need to feel a desire, to find pleasure in moving forward, creating, moving, inventing. "

" If I am in a beautiful place, but I don't like the people, I am miserable. "

Beautiful Place

" If I wasn't a designer, I would love to be a doctor. That is my fantasy, my dream. A doctor will give you a tablet if you have a headache, and I will give you a dress, and we both make you feel good. "

" I hate the word 'cool.' It gives me a rash. "

" I like dresses for night; I like after-party more than party. I like the mystery; I like the dream, like fantasy dresses. I think, also, that you make women dream. "

" I love to see old women. I love wrinkles. I love gray hair. "

" I never think people should do things for me. I think I should do things for others. That makes me more comfortable. "

" I think a good designer can exist everywhere and anywhere and all the time. It's all about being good, and I think that our job basically is to make women and men look good. "

" I think that if you want to pass emotion, you have to write a letter. Emotions do not pass in SMS or in e-mail. "

" It's a major job to help men and women look beautiful. "

" I used to hate L.A., but I met such a great group of people there that I fell in love with it. "

" I've always said fashion is like roast chicken: You don't have to think about it to know it's delicious. "

" My dream is to be a doctor. I'm almost working in a laboratory, because I'm trying new techniques, new directions and fabrics, new weaving. "

" Our clothes are not always beautiful on the hanger, but put them on, and they fit like bathing suits. "

" Run away from laziness; work hard. Touch intuition and listen to the heart, not marketing directors. Dream. "

" Stay big in your work and small in your life. "

" The designers, photographers and models I work with, they are really hard-working people who are devoting their lives to fashion. They're kind of like nuns of fashion. "

" The worst thing that can happen is if you're stuck within a bubble and you think that is what life is all about. It's great to see other people and hear from people of different ages and opinions. "

" To be a fashion critic is easy because you just say, 'I love it, I hate it,' but life is more than love and hate. "

" When I'm traveling the world, I don't ever look anymore at the geography - just enough to catch galleries and paintings. "

" When I was either 7 or 8 years old, I did a sketch every day of my teacher and what she wore. At the end of the year, I gave her the sketchbook. For me, the sketching of dresses was about fantasy and dreams. "

" Why not touch things that we hate and turn them upside down and inside out? "

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