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" Poiret made clothes for individual customers, but I wouldn't like to make a dress just for its own sake. "
Yves Saint Laurent
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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 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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" 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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" 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. "
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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 told myself repeatedly, 'One day you will be famous.' "
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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 want to give haute couture a kind of wink, a sense of humour - to introduce the whole sense of freedom one sees in the street into high fashion; to give couture the same provocative and arrogant look as punk - but, of course, with luxury and dignity and style. "
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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 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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Confidence
Men
" Over the years I have learned that what is important in a dress is the woman who is wearing it. "
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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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Alone
Me
Classroom
" I just tried to be an artist in my own metier. "
Yves Saint Laurent
Just
Artist
My Own
" Isn't elegance forgetting what one is wearing? "
Yves Saint Laurent
Elegance
Forgetting
Wearing
" 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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Same
Big
" My favorite thing is a black sweater and skirt, which you can wear all the time by changing the accessories. "
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" I'm constantly looking for perfection. "
Yves Saint Laurent
Perfection
Looking
Constantly
" I am no longer concerned with sensation and innovation, but with the perfection of my style. "
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I Am
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" Seeing Cubism paintings at the Beaubourg makes me very happy and, also, old films. "
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Happy
Makes
" We must never confuse elegance with snobbery. "
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Snobbery
Never
Must
" 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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Joy
Me
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" I'm so secluded. Very alone. "
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Very
Secluded
Alone
" I adore America. It's an extraordinary country. A new country. "
Yves Saint Laurent
America
Country
Extraordinary
" I try to only be in agreeable circumstances. "
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" I tell myself that I created the wardrobe of the contemporary woman, that I participated in the transformation of my times. "
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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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" Good clothing is a passport to happiness. "
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" I'm very sure of myself - what I do and what I like. "
Yves Saint Laurent
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Myself
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" When I look at the five thousand garments and then all this music hall work, I ask myself how I could have done it all. I was a phenomenon! "
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