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" Makeup is very important for a show. It's really an accessory on the runway. You have to be sure that it fits the clothes. "

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" Women are very unpredictable. "

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" In America, when I first came here, they were used to wearing more make-up - thicker foundation, more Max Factor, that sort of thing. But you have to know who you are and what you look like: if you know yourself a little bit, you don't need to follow trends. "

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" It was never in my mind to be famous. "

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

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

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

" Looking at flowers, simple things in life. I don't need to look at gold and a castle; sometimes its very simple things that are very beautiful. I am keeping my eyes fresh to find beauty in many places, and in gold, too, sometimes! "

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" Even with - the best make-up in the world won't look good if you don't cleanse and exfoliate and have a good basic regime. This is why one of my goals has always been to create a skincare line. "

" Go with what you're attracted to. "

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

" My mother never wore much make-up, and she was a kind of natural beauty; she knew just how to enhance what she had. "

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

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

" 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. "