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" It's very refreshing to go away and take a break, to clear your head, and just get into something else. "
Francois Nars
Clear
Refreshing
Head
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" I'll keep creating modern, deep, rich and adventurous colors and products that inspire creative expression every day. "
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" I thought make-up was a very sensual thing. "
Francois Nars
Thought
Very
Thing
" People have to learn that everybody is the same. If you wake up in the morning, even if you're a movie star, you look like everybody else. The reality is that makeup is there to help. That's what it's for. "
Francois Nars
Wake Up
People
Morning
" 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. "
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Beauty
Cute
Interesting
" 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
Me
Child
" 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
" 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
" 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. "
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Fashion
Early
Makeup
" I think if you take good care of your skin, you can achieve better make-up. "
Francois Nars
Better
You
Care
" Go with what you're attracted to. "
Francois Nars
Attracted
You
Go
" Kate Moss makes you dream. She has such a passion for art and the creative process. "
Francois Nars
Art
Passion
Dream
" 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. "
Francois Nars
Personality
Nature
Night
" I'm very nostalgic - and I don't care. "
Francois Nars
Nostalgic
Care
Very
" You are born with this love; fashion and beauty are a part of who I am. "
Francois Nars
You
Love
Beauty
" I wanted to be a make up artist. I did it, and the road that I took was quite good. "
Francois Nars
Up
Good
Make
" Being a studio make-up artist and working on magazines was the only thing I wanted to do. "
Francois Nars
Only
Magazines
Artist
" 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
" We don't tell women how to look but give them the products and inspiration they need to feel and look beautiful. "
Francois Nars
Need
Beautiful
Feel
" I think there was a freedom in the 1920s and 1930s: a certain liberty and evolution of women. "
Francois Nars
Freedom
1920s
Women
" I photographed Alek Wek. She was amazing, and nobody knew about her then. It was a really strong photograph of her. "
Francois Nars
Knew
Strong
Her
" We are not afraid to be a bit different, to make shades that are bold. "
Francois Nars
Different
Bold
Shades
" Women don't want to feel like they're wearing makeup. I hope I was partly responsible for that. "
Francois Nars
Feel
Hope
Want
" It was never in my mind to be famous. "
Francois Nars
Never
Mind
Famous
" I've always loved the way movie stars in the Forties looked when they were off set. Shot poolside or at their home, they always wore a matte red lipstick with practically no foundation - it was how they wore makeup in real life. "
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Red
Home
Life
" I don't think there's a major change between runway and real life anymore. "
Francois Nars
Life
Real
Real Life
" 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
" I never thought make-up was like brain surgery. "
Francois Nars
Like
Brain
Never
" It's very hard for me to photograph someone when I'm not attracted by who they are. "
Francois Nars
Someone
Photograph
Very
" Women are being more experimental with eye color. "
Francois Nars
Color
More
Women
" 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. "
Francois Nars
Loved
Makeup
Looking