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" I like shocking, but I don't like to shock as an automatic process. Sometimes it happens, but it's not my main drive. "

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" I love the architecture magazines and all of the French magazines for decoration or whatever. I end up enjoying them more sometimes than the fashion magazines. "

" Find your own way, have an open spirit, and believe in your own beauty. "

" I like beauty to be a bit edgy, not typical. For me, the only rule is looking good. "

" 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. "

" As a make-up artist, you always want to be in a good light, whether you're walking down the street or in a restaurant. It is a very key element to me; you can't apply good make-up in a bad light. "

" I'm not so interested in perfect, plastic beauty, and I think it translates in the girls I've shot over the years for Nars, from Guinevere to Iris to Mariacarla. I love those girls. I love the more interesting faces, with maybe a strange nose, not just the Texan blonde. By picking those girls, I think it's changed what I've seen in other campaigns. "

" Was I a businessman to start with? I'm not sure. I mean, that comes slowly, when you start having the products out. But at the same time, I was very determined. I knew that I had to make it work. I had no choice. "

" From the start, I used a different kind of girl in Nars campaign images. My choice to use models of colour such as Alek Wek, Naomi Campbell and Karen Park Goude was absolutely a deliberate one. I felt that makeup was universal and should apply to everybody. "

" The '80s and '90s were the greatest time to be a makeup artist. "

" My interpretation of the word 'ugly'... I like ugly beauty. That can happen. In France, we have phrase 'jolie laide.' We like certain women who are not pretty or cute - it's the opposite in France of pretty. It's more strange and interesting. "

" I love strong looks, so to me, no makeup is strong. As long as it makes a statement, that's what I like. The girls look very real, and I'm probably the only makeup artist who will say that I love a woman without makeup. "

" Wearing colourful eyeliner in a graphic shape is the epitome of make-up as an accessory. "

" In this world, you do your job, a good job, and that's what counts. "

" My goal was always to make the girl look real and look beautiful. It didn't matter how much makeup. Sometimes it was none at all. "

" 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. "

" You can look glamorous even if you're a housewife, any job you have. "

" It's one thing to read about how makeup is applied. It's another thing altogether to watch it being put on. "

" I hate knowing where people go to the bathroom. You follow them going to pee, to eat - I hate everything when it comes to reality shows! "

" Go with what you're attracted to. "

" I'm not an easily depressed person. "

" Transparency is more sexy than a full, pancake finish. "

" You are born with this love; fashion and beauty are a part of who I am. "

" I loved working with Avedon. "

" Sometimes I'm attracted to more odd girls with stronger faces and features or a softer beauty with a lot of character. "

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" There is a tendency to feature more actresses on covers, but I'm a big model lover. I grew up watching these models, and they gave me the wish, the need, to work in the fashion industry. I loved watching them - their beauty, the way they worked in front of the camera and that power of transformation, especially in the Seventies. "

" I'm very nostalgic - and I don't care. "