191 Quotes by Alexander McQueen

The world needs fantasy, not reality. We have enough reality today.

I’m about what goes through people’s minds. The stuff that people don’t want to admit or face up to. The shows are about what’s buried in people’s psyches.

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.

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.

I think there is beauty in everything. What ‘normal’ people would perceive as ugly, I can usually see something of beauty in it.

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.

I’m prepared to forget about money if it affects my creativity because, remember, I started off with nothing. And I can do that again.

Really, what I’m aiming for is world domination!

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