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All Quotes by author - Alexander McQueen

" As a designer, you've always got to push yourself forward; you've always got to keep up with the trends or make your own trends. That's what I do. "

" 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. "

" Fashion should be a form of escapism, and not a form of imprisonment. "

" For a long time I was looking for my perfect equilibrium, my mojo. And now I think I'm getting there: I've found my customer, my silhouette, my cut. "

" 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. "

" I don't want to be too proud, but I have a good personal style. "

" I find beauty in the grotesque, like most artists. "

" 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. "

" I never look at other people's work. My mind has to be completely focused on my own illusions. "

" 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. "

" It's good to know where you come from. It makes you what you are today. It's DNA, it's in your blood. "

" I've had good times; I've had bad times. "

" I want to empower women. "

" I want to empower women. I want people to be afraid of the women I dress. "

" I was three years old when I started drawing. I did it all my life. "

" Nicey nicey just doesn't do it for me. "

" 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. "

" Really, what I'm aiming for is world domination! "

" Sting's my ideal man, because he's a real man. "

" There is a hidden agenda in the fragility of romance. "

" There is something sinister, something quite biographical about what I do - but that part is for me. It's my personal business. I think there is a lot of romance, melancholy. There's a sadness to it, but there's romance in sadness. I suppose I am a very melancholy person. "

" 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. "

" When I'm dead and gone, people will know that the twenty-first century was started by Alexander McQueen. "

" You can get insular with fashion. "

" You can only go forward by making mistakes. "

Making Mistakes

" Youth culture now really looks back and embraces the past, but keeps it contemporary but not sticking to one particular style. "

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