Alexander McQueen Quotes

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

Fashion, Idea, Modern

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

Time, Revolution, Give

Of course I make mistakes. I'm human. If I didn't make mistakes, I'd never learn. You can only go forward by making mistakes.
Alexander McQueen

Forward, Mistakes, Human

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

Fashion, Escapism

You can only go forward by making mistakes.
Alexander McQueen

Forward, Mistakes, Making

It's not my vision when I cover a woman's face with a chador. I got the idea from a 'National Geographic' photo. I'm just showing their plight in the world.
Alexander McQueen

Woman, Idea, Vision

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

Music, Long, Words

Menswear is about subtlety. It's about good style and good taste.
Alexander McQueen

Good, Style, Taste

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.
Alexander McQueen

Time, Long, Fit

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

Good, Proud, Personal

It's a new era in fashion - there are no rules. It's all about the individual and personal style, wearing high-end, low-end, classic labels, and up-and-coming designers all together.
Alexander McQueen

Together, Fashion, Personal

Sting's my ideal man, because he's a real man.
Alexander McQueen

Real, Ideal, Sting

When a woman gets dressed up to go out at night, she wants to give 50% away, and hold the rest back. If you're an open book, there's no allure.
Alexander McQueen

Woman, Book, Night

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.
Alexander McQueen

Self, Fashion, Ideas

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.
Alexander McQueen

Good, Bad, Woman

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.
Alexander McQueen

Understand, Message, Underlying

I can't get sucked into that celebrity thing, because I think it's just crass.
Alexander McQueen

Celebrity, Sucked

I work with people I admire and respect. It's never because of who they are.
Alexander McQueen

Work, Respect, Admire

I'm mad in the front of my mind, but business-minded in the back.
Alexander McQueen

Mind, Mad, Front

It's good to know where you come from. It makes you what you are today. It's DNA, it's in your blood.
Alexander McQueen

Good, Today, Makes

Some couture collections have everything including the kitchen sink! Everything gets thrown on to make it look expensive. I find it grotesque when clothes hit you in the face and there's no room for fault. But I don't expect to turn things around all by myself. I'm not a saint.
Alexander McQueen

Everything, Find, Around

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.
Alexander McQueen

Fashion, Problem, Big

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 it, but there's romance in sadness. I suppose I am a very melancholy person.
Alexander McQueen

Business, Sadness, Person

As a designer, you've always got to push yourself forward; you've always got to keep up with the trends or make your own trends. That's what I do.
Alexander McQueen

Forward, Yourself, Keep

Fame should be left to the film stars.
Alexander McQueen

Stars, Film, Left

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Biography

Nationality: English

Born: March 17, 1969

Died: February 11, 2010

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