Alexander McQueen quotes

Alexander McQueen was a renowned British fashion designer, celebrated for his bold and innovative creations. His runway shows were famous for their dramatic presentation and avant-garde style. He left a lasting impact on the fashion industry through his visionary approach and extraordinary craftsmanship. Here are 63 of his quotes:

Fashion should be a form of escapism, and not a form of imprisonment. (Alexander McQueen)

There is no better designer than nature.

Alexander McQueen

Give me time and I'll give you a revolution.

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You can only go forward by making mistakes.

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I find beauty in the grotesque, like most artists.

Alexander McQueen

Beauty can come from the strangest of places, even the most disgusting of places.

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There are only a handful of designers that influence other designers, and I have to keep one step ahead of the game.

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I think the idea of mixing luxury and mass-market fashion is very modern, very now - no one wears head-to-toe designer anymore.

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I want to empower women. I want people to be afraid of the women I dress.

Alexander McQueen

For a long time I was looking for my perfect equilibrium, my mojo. And now I think I'm getting there: I've found my customer, my silhouette, my cut.

Alexander McQueen

I'm 40 now. When I'm dead, hopefully this house will still be going. (Alexander McQueen)

I came to terms with not fitting in a long time ago. I never really fitted in. I don't want to fit in. And now people are buying into that.

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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.

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When I'm dead and gone, people will know that the twenty-first century was started by Alexander McQueen.

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There is a hidden agenda in the fragility of romance.

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I never look at other people's work. My mind has to be completely focused on my own illusions.

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The turnover of fashion is just so quick and so throwaway, and I think that is a big part of the problem. There is no longevity.

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I'm not interested in being liked.

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For people who know McQueen, there is always an underlying message. It's usually only the intellectual ones who understand what's going on in what I do.

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British fashion is self confident and fearless. It refuses to bow to commerce, thus generating a constant flow of new ideas whilst drawing in British heritage.

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I feel more Scottish than Norman. (Alexander McQueen)

I am a melancholy type of person.

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You can get insular with fashion.

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I want to empower women.

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I think I should be a president. President of the United States.

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Alexander McQueen

Occupation: British Designer
Born: March 17, 1969
Died: February 11, 2010
Quotes count: 63
Wikipedia: Alexander McQueen

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