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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" Was I a businessman to start with? I'm not sure. I mean, that comes slowly, when you start having the products out. But at the same time, I was very determined. I knew that I had to make it work. I had no choice. "

" I love so much the models from the '60s and the '70s. They were extremely professional, great models who knew how to work the camera so well and loved fashion and had a great sense of style. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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 like beauty to be a bit edgy, not typical. For me, the only rule is looking good. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" I remember this time I worked with Linda Evangelista on a shoot for Richard Avedon. I just put grease on her face, and it was beautiful. "

" We are not afraid to be a bit different, to make shades that are bold. "

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

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

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

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

" I loved working with Avedon. "

" People have to learn that everybody is the same. If you wake up in the morning, even if you're a movie star, you look like everybody else. The reality is that makeup is there to help. That's what it's for. "

" I'm always scared of trends. The runways are always so trend-oriented, but I always feel for the women. The real women that buy cosmetics want to see the trends, but they don't necessarily go for them. And I always encourage women to find what looks best on them. "

" 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. "