191 Quotes by Alexander McQueen

I'm not big on women looking naive.

When you see a woman wearing McQueen, there’s a certain hardness to the clothes that makes her look powerful. It kind of fends people off.

Life to me is a bit of a (Brothers) Grimm fairy tale.

It needs to connect with the earth. Things that are processed and reprocessed lose their substance.

I think there has to be an underlying sexuality. There has to be a perverseness to the clothes. There is a hidden agenda in the fragility of romance. It's like a Story of O. I am not big on women looking naive. There has to be a sinister aspect, whether it's melancholy of sadomasochist. I think everyone has a deep sexuality, and sometimes it's good to use a little of it-and sometimes a lot of it-like a masquerade.

It is important to look at death because it is a part of life. It is a sad thing, melancholy but romantic at the same time. It is the end of a cycle - everything has to end. The cycle of life is positive because it gives room for new things.

I’m not big on women looking naive.

You’ve got to know the rules to break them. That’s what I’m here for, to demolish the rules but to keep the tradition.

People don’t want to see clothes, they want to see something that fuels the imagination.