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" You can look glamorous even if you're a housewife, any job you have. "

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" I'll keep creating modern, deep, rich and adventurous colors and products that inspire creative expression every day. "

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

" 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'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. "

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

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

" Some people put a lot of fuss around them. I'm not an entertainer. Let's not get things confused. "

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

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

" I think it's important that you know every detail when you open a store, that you pay attention to everything. "

" 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. "

" We don't tell women how to look but give them the products and inspiration they need to feel and look beautiful. "

" 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. "

" My interpretation of the word 'ugly'... I like ugly beauty. That can happen. In France, we have phrase 'jolie laide.' We like certain women who are not pretty or cute - it's the opposite in France of pretty. It's more strange and interesting. "

" 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. "

" You create the color first, and then the name that fits. It depends - there are no rules. You watch a fabulous old movie, and you suddenly get inspired by it to create a lipstick shade, or you walk through a gorgeous garden and find the most beautiful flower shade for an eye shadow, and then you name it. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

" Women are being more experimental with eye color. "

" 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. "

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

" I photographed Alek Wek. She was amazing, and nobody knew about her then. It was a really strong photograph of her. "

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

" 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! "