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

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

" I really wanted to have a different approach of beauty because when I came to America, they were still heavily, heavily plastic. The ads were so heavily retouched. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" My mother hated foundation; she hated having a mask on her face - and she pushed me to build my own vision and concept of beauty for women. "

" I made contours and all that, but in real life, you have to be very careful with that because you can go out in the street and look terrible. All those girls who show how to do contour, they do it quite well, but they're like makeup artists. They're in artificial light. "

" 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! "

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

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

" 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. "

" I had no connections, and the fashion world was a closed elite. So my mother made appointments for herself with three top Parisian makeup artists and spoke highly about me... she was my first publicist! "

" 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. "

" I fell in love with New York. I moved here 25 years ago in 1984 after I lived in Paris for six years. In the 1980s, it was the place to be. Here I was able to create NARS, which I would not have been able to create if I stayed in France. "

" Women have to find their own personality, their own style, and what suits them the best. "

" I like shocking, but I don't like to shock as an automatic process. Sometimes it happens, but it's not my main drive. "

" Transparency is more sexy than a full, pancake finish. "

" It's not that I'm easily shocked. It takes a lot to shock me. And wildness I like. But vulgarity shocks me. "

" 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. "

" My vision was to create makeup that was more transparent but with formulas that last. I follow my instincts - it's all very spontaneous! "

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" I launched NARS with 12 shades of lipsticks, and many, many launches later, I'm still most proud of our lipsticks. "

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

" We love those under-eye circles. It's real life. "

" 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. "