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" I'm not an easily depressed person. "

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" Some people put a lot of fuss around them. I'm not an entertainer. Let's not get things confused. "

" I never stop thinking about names of products. It's a process that happens 24 hours a day. "

" 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. "

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

" 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 met Iman and Jerry Hall and all those girls in the late Seventies right when I started working at the fashion shows in Paris as an assistant. "

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

" I loved working with Avedon. "

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

" I'm always scared of trends. The runways are always so trend-oriented, but I always feel for the women. The real women that buy cosmetics want to see the trends, but they don't necessarily go for them. And I always encourage women to find what looks best on them. "

" 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. "

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

" Women don't want to feel like they're wearing makeup. I hope I was partly responsible for that. "

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

" I love the dramatic idea of having nothing on. "

" 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. "

" Go with what you're attracted to. "

" 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. "

" Being a studio make-up artist and working on magazines was the only thing I wanted to do. "

" 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! "

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

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

" I love to collaborate with artists, like Guy Bourdin and Steven Klein, who don't have any boundaries. "

" I'll keep creating modern, deep, rich and adventurous colors and products that inspire creative expression every day. "

" Women are very unpredictable. "

" I wanted to be a make up artist. I did it, and the road that I took was quite good. "

" We don't tell women how to look but give them the products and inspiration they need to feel and look beautiful. "