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" A fresh face with a red lip is timeless. It's supermodern and relaxed but very chic. "
Francois Nars
Face
Fresh
Lip
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" Kate Moss makes you dream. She has such a passion for art and the creative process. "
Francois Nars
Art
Passion
Dream
" You create the color first, and then the name that fits. It depends - there are no rules. You watch a fabulous old movie, and you suddenly get inspired by it to create a lipstick shade, or you walk through a gorgeous garden and find the most beautiful flower shade for an eye shadow, and then you name it. "
Francois Nars
Shadow
Walk
Eye
" Women don't want to feel like they're wearing makeup. I hope I was partly responsible for that. "
Francois Nars
Feel
Hope
Want
" My vision was to create makeup that was more transparent but with formulas that last. I follow my instincts - it's all very spontaneous! "
Francois Nars
Create
Makeup
Vision
" I love to collaborate with artists, like Guy Bourdin and Steven Klein, who don't have any boundaries. "
Francois Nars
I Love
Guy
Boundaries
" It was the early Seventies, and I discovered makeup by going through my mother's fashion magazines. I fell in love with the photos, the models, the fashion. "
Francois Nars
Fashion
Early
Makeup
" 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. "
Francois Nars
Time
You
Stars
" In America, when I first came here, they were used to wearing more make-up - thicker foundation, more Max Factor, that sort of thing. But you have to know who you are and what you look like: if you know yourself a little bit, you don't need to follow trends. "
Francois Nars
America
You
Know
" I thought make-up was a very sensual thing. "
Francois Nars
Thought
Very
Thing
" 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. "
Francois Nars
Help
Women
Great
" I'll keep creating modern, deep, rich and adventurous colors and products that inspire creative expression every day. "
Francois Nars
Day
Creative
Inspire
" I never stop thinking about names of products. It's a process that happens 24 hours a day. "
Francois Nars
Thinking
Day
Never Stop
" Having worked with so many of the geniuses, I'd learned so much. It's the best sort of photography school, to work with people like Penn or Avedon or Meisel. "
Francois Nars
Best
Work
School
" I didn't want to create a makeup line for one ethnic group; it had to be multi-ethnic. To me, beauty is beauty. It doesn't matter to me what colour the skin is. "
Francois Nars
Skin
Makeup
Group
" My mother hated foundation; she hated having a mask on her face - and she pushed me to build my own vision and concept of beauty for women. "
Francois Nars
Mother
Women
Beauty
" In this world, you do your job, a good job, and that's what counts. "
Francois Nars
You
Good
Good Job
" 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. "
Francois Nars
Mask
Makeup
Behind
" It was never in my mind to be famous. "
Francois Nars
Never
Mind
Famous
" It's very hard for me to photograph someone when I'm not attracted by who they are. "
Francois Nars
Someone
Photograph
Very
" Sometimes people are very not sure of themselves, so you really have to give them that confidence. Even models - they need to warm up sometimes on photo shoots. "
Francois Nars
Confidence
Sometimes
Need
" It's not that I'm easily shocked. It takes a lot to shock me. And wildness I like. But vulgarity shocks me. "
Francois Nars
Vulgarity
Shock
Shocked
" I have always been attracted to faces that are different. "
Francois Nars
Faces
Been
Always
" 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. "
Francois Nars
Same
Vision
Wild
" My mother and my two grandmothers, I was lucky to have three women around me growing up that were very special, very elegant women, very beautiful women. They were my first step into the beauty world, let's say, and then the fashion world, of course. "
Francois Nars
Step
Beautiful
Beauty
" 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. "
Francois Nars
Beauty
Makeup
Me
" I've seen makeup destroy people and make them look bad if it's badly done. "
Francois Nars
Destroy
Done
Look
" I launched NARS with 12 shades of lipsticks, and many, many launches later, I'm still most proud of our lipsticks. "
Francois Nars
Proud
Many
Most
" I like shocking, but I don't like to shock as an automatic process. Sometimes it happens, but it's not my main drive. "
Francois Nars
Sometimes
Process
Drive
" Makeup can make a woman look more beautiful at every age. "
Francois Nars
Beautiful
Look
Age
" When you photograph someone, you have to make them feel good, and you know that they want to look good. It's the same relationship that you have when you apply makeup on somebody. We're almost like shrinks. "
Francois Nars
Feel Good
Makeup
Relationship