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" 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. "

Francois Nars

Beauty

Fashion

Work

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" I always had a vision about beauty in general, so probably that's what really drove me into that direction of creating a makeup brand. "

Francois Nars

Beauty

Makeup

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

" 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! "

" There was a time when you would dream about, say, movie stars. Now, you virtually follow them into their bathroom when they're going to the loo. "

" I didn't want to create a makeup line for one ethnic group; it had to be multi-ethnic. To me, beauty is beauty. It doesn't matter to me what colour the skin is. "

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

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

Francois Nars

Good

Make

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

" 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. "

" I think if you take good care of your skin, you can achieve better make-up. "

" It's very refreshing to go away and take a break, to clear your head, and just get into something else. "

" 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. "

" Makeup is about balance. When the eye makes a statement, the lips should be quiet. "

" 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. "

" I love to collaborate with artists, like Guy Bourdin and Steven Klein, who don't have any boundaries. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

Francois Nars

Brain

Never

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

" Working on fashion shows, you work with the designer and try to read his brain - what was in the creative process, what images did he have in his head? "

" 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! "

Francois Nars

World

Fashion

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

" I love strong looks, so to me, no makeup is strong. As long as it makes a statement, that's what I like. The girls look very real, and I'm probably the only makeup artist who will say that I love a woman without makeup. "

" I'm not so interested in perfect, plastic beauty, and I think it translates in the girls I've shot over the years for Nars, from Guinevere to Iris to Mariacarla. I love those girls. I love the more interesting faces, with maybe a strange nose, not just the Texan blonde. By picking those girls, I think it's changed what I've seen in other campaigns. "

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

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