Quotes by Alexander McQueen

“There is no better designer than nature.”

“As the final decade of the millennium dawned, there would be no greater expression of the cultural, economic, and social revolutions to come than fashion. What rock 'n' roll was to the '50s, drugs ...”

“What Kate wore, whether on the street or the red carpet was much cooler to them than what she modelled. Her paparazzi photos were becoming indistinguishable from her editorials.”

“Fashion should be a form of escapism, and not a form of imprisonment.”

“I want to be the purveyor of a certain silhouette or a way of cutting, so that when I am dead and gone people will know that the twenty-first century was started by Alexander McQueen.”

“I always wanted to be a designer. I read books on fashion from the age of 12.”

“I want people to be afraid of the women I dress.”

“I don't want to be too proud, but I have a good personal style.”

“I come from a different era and I design clothes for our era. I think of people I want to dress when I design.”

“Now I design what I want to wear, and it works that way.”

“Clothes and jewellery should be startling, individual. When you see a woman in my clothes, you want to know more about them. To me, that is what distinguishes good designers from bad designers.”

“I can design a collection in a day and I always do, cause I've always got a load of Italians on my back, moaning that it's late.”

“I find beauty in the grotesque, like most artists.”

“There is something sinister, something quite biographical about what I do - but that part is for me. It's my personal business. I think there is a lot of romance, melancholy. There's a sadness to i...”

“Rap music's been around for too long now to be inspirational. The words are, but the music isn't.”

“I'm 40 now. When I'm dead, hopefully this house will still be going.”