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" 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. "

Francois Nars

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Never

" 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. "

" 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. "

" My goal was always to make the girl look real and look beautiful. It didn't matter how much makeup. Sometimes it was none at all. "

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

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

" I'm very nostalgic - and I don't care. "

" I have always been attracted to faces that are different. "

" True icons are larger than life, unforgettable with an elegance that's mesmerizingly timeless. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" It's very hard for me to photograph someone when I'm not attracted by who they are. "

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

" Makeup can make a woman look more beautiful at every age. "

" 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. "

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

" When I was a kid, I loved photography, and I loved makeup. "

" 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. "

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

" Go with what you're attracted to. "

Francois Nars

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You

" 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! "

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

" The '80s and '90s were the greatest time to be a makeup artist. "

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

" In this world, you do your job, a good job, and that's what counts. "

" I would find myself in these photo shoots with models and makeup, and I got swept up in it all. "