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

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

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

" 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. "

" Sometimes I'm attracted to more odd girls with stronger faces and features or a softer beauty with a lot of character. "

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

" Makeup is an accessory to fashion. You buy a bag, you buy shoes, you put on eyeliner, you buy a lipstick, makeup compliments the clothes. "

" 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. "

" I would find myself in these photo shoots with models and makeup, and I got swept up in it all. "

" 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 think less is more when it comes to make-up; this really helps achieve a lighter complexion. Heavy make-up creates a canvas and can dull the skin. "

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

" Women are very unpredictable. "

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

" 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. "

" When you photograph someone, you have to make them feel good, and you know that they want to look good. It's the same relationship that you have when you apply makeup on somebody. We're almost like shrinks. "

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

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

" I can't remember the first time, but I've worked with supermodels almost from day one. "

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

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

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

" I'm not an easily depressed person. "

" 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. "

" It was never in my mind to be famous. "

" 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 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. "

" I thought make-up was a very sensual thing. "