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" I'd really like to be in closer contact with life. I'm a little too distant, I guess. I like to place myself outside. "

Yves Saint Laurent

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" I live in solitude. I have need of solitude to do the next day's work. I can't be to parties where the noise tires me. I can't speak on the telephone. I must have complete calm. "

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" It pains me physically to see a woman victimized, rendered pathetic, by fashion. "

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" I hate fashion. I don't have any fun doing it. A show terrifies me. "

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" I just tried to be an artist in my own metier. "

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" I want to thank all the women who have worn my clothes, the famous and the unknown, who have been so faithful to me and given me so much joy. "

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" Good clothing is a passport to happiness. "

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" I had noticed men were much more confident in their clothes. So I sought through trouser suits, trench coats, tuxedos, and pea coats to give women the same confidence. "

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" My classmates could see I was not similar. So they made me their scapegoat. They hit me or locked me in the toilets. During the break, I would take refuge in the chapel, or I would arrange to stay alone in the classroom. "

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" I wanted women to have the same basic wardrobe as a man. Blazer, trousers, and suit. They're so functional. I believed women wanted this and was right. "

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" I am no longer concerned with sensation and innovation, but with the perfection of my style. "

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" I'm not deceived by people, because I don't pay attention to people. "

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" Isn't elegance forgetting what one is wearing? "

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" I'm constantly looking for perfection. "

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" I do not decide that skirts shall be short or long. The shape of the dress itself often dictates the length. "

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" I try to only be in agreeable circumstances. "

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" I have often said that I wish I had invented blue jeans: the most spectacular, the most practical, the most relaxed and nonchalant. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity - all I hope for in my clothes. "

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" I couldn't love a woman who inspired me to be totally disinterested. If I fell in love with a woman for an artistic reason, or from the point of view of my work, I think it would rob her of something. "

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" I wish I had invented blue jeans. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity - all I hope for in my clothes. "

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" I adore America. It's an extraordinary country. A new country. "

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" I told myself repeatedly, 'One day you will be famous.' "

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" A visit to Marrakesh was a great shock to me. This city taught me color. "

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" Fashions fade, style is eternal. "

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" If men wanted to look good in a skirt, they would need the body of an African. And the colour. A skirt with white, skinny legs. Horrible! "

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" I'm very sure of myself - what I do and what I like. "

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" I am very happy to design haute couture. It's a love story between couture and me. "

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" Dressing is a way of life. "

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" When I was young in the 1960s, all the world watched the youth. Everywhere was the sensation of wanting to break the chains but to do something beautiful. It is my privilege to have beauty always near me. "

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" Basic clothes are for all women, to last for decades and decades. They are the future and will never change. I am persuaded of that. "

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" The big difference between couture and ready-to-wear is not design. It is the fabrics, the handwork, and the fittings. The act of creation is the same. "

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