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" When I was young in the 1960s, all the world watched the youth. Everywhere was the sensation of wanting to break the chains but to do something beautiful. It is my privilege to have beauty always near me. "

Yves Saint Laurent

Beautiful

Beauty

Youth

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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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Classroom

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" It pains me physically to see a woman victimized, rendered pathetic, by fashion. "

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Fashion

" I'm very sure of myself - what I do and what I like. "

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Myself

Sure

" 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. "

" My favorite thing is a black sweater and skirt, which you can wear all the time by changing the accessories. "

" 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

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. "

" 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. "

Yves Saint Laurent

Work

Love

" Poiret made clothes for individual customers, but I wouldn't like to make a dress just for its own sake. "

Yves Saint Laurent

Dress

Own

" I'm so secluded. Very alone. "

" I hate fashion. I don't have any fun doing it. A show terrifies me. "

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Show

Hate

" A visit to Marrakesh was a great shock to me. This city taught me color. "

" I am very happy to design haute couture. It's a love story between couture and me. "

" Over the years I have learned that what is important in a dress is the woman who is wearing it. "

" 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. "

" I tell myself that I created the wardrobe of the contemporary woman, that I participated in the transformation of my times. "

" I'm constantly looking for perfection. "

" I am no longer concerned with sensation and innovation, but with the perfection of my style. "

Yves Saint Laurent

I Am

Innovation

" 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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" 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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" I told myself repeatedly, 'One day you will be famous.' "

" I'm not deceived by people, because I don't pay attention to people. "

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" Dressing is a way of life. "