191 Quotes by Alexander McQueen

You can only go forward by making mistakes. I’m twenty-seven, not fifty-seven. I’m not Givenchy, I’m Alexander McQueen.

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.

It’s the ugly things I notice more, because other people tend to ignore the ugly things.

You can hide so much behind theatrics, and I don’t need to do that any more.

I find beauty in the grotesque, like most artists. I have to force people to look at things.

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

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.

I was never a big networker, but I was a spin doctor, all those shock shows, that’s how I got my first backers. But fashion’s a scary industry to be in, especially if you’ve not grown up with it.

If you’re lucky enough to use something you see in a dream, it is purely original. It’s not in the world – it’s in your head. I think that is amazing.