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" I think Edie Sedgwick comes back, too. Every five or six years, there is always something about Edie, because she was so modern and stylish and elegant and hippie-ish, all at the same time. So I think that people will always love her. "

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" 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. "

Francois Nars

Park

Start

Makeup

" 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. "

" Makeup is about balance. When the eye makes a statement, the lips should be quiet. "

" It's very refreshing to go away and take a break, to clear your head, and just get into something else. "

" We are not afraid to be a bit different, to make shades that are bold. "

" I loved working with Avedon. "

Francois Nars

Working

Loved

" I think everyone deserves to look better and to look good. "

" I launched NARS with 12 shades of lipsticks, and many, many launches later, I'm still most proud of our lipsticks. "

" 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. "

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

" It's more fun to have a name rather than a number. I think this gives our products a personality. I get the names from literature, movies, opera, traveling, nature, poetry, sometimes even the street. I keep a small book that I write in. I wake up in the middle of the night and jot down a name for a lipstick or an eyeshadow. "

" 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! "

" I was spoiled growing up in the 1970s because magazines were publishing the photographs of Helmut Newton and Guy Bourdin without compromise. You really felt that sense of freedom through their images. "

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

" I never thought make-up was like brain surgery. "

Francois Nars

Brain

Never

" A fresh face with a red lip is timeless. It's supermodern and relaxed but very chic. "

" Women are very unpredictable. "

" My vision was to create makeup that was more transparent but with formulas that last. I follow my instincts - it's all very spontaneous! "

" 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. "

" I've seen makeup destroy people and make them look bad if it's badly done. "

" I think there was a freedom in the 1920s and 1930s: a certain liberty and evolution of women. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I chose makeup over photography because there was something very sensual about makeup that I loved. But photography was always in the back of my mind. That was always something that I was very connected with: looking at magazines, enjoying photography, and then taking pictures myself when I was a kid. "

" I think less is more when it comes to make-up; this really helps achieve a lighter complexion. Heavy make-up creates a canvas and can dull the skin. "

Francois Nars

Achieve

Less Is More

" I don't think there's a major change between runway and real life anymore. "

" Women have to find their own personality, their own style, and what suits them the best. "

" I was a very lucky child because at the age of 16, 17 years old, my parents would buy me clothes from Yves Saint Laurent, which was an incredible luxury at the time, but I was attracted to that whole world. I had a pretty nice little wardrobe by the age of 17. "

Francois Nars

Time

Child

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