191 Quotes by Alexander McQueen

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

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

You’ve got to know the rules to break them.

I think sometimes I might scare the editors, because they might feel they’re getting old and they’re not understanding it. The problem lies on their side of the fence, not mine. I come from a different era and I design clothes for our era.

I’m 40 now, but I want this to be a company that lives way beyond me, and I believe that customers are more important to making that happen than press. When I’m dead, hopefully this house will still be going. On a spaceship. Hopping up and down above earth.

Some couture collections have everything including the kitchen sink! Everything gets thrown on to make it look expensive.

There has to be a balance between your mental satisfaction and the financial needs of your company.

I like the concept of dressing people. I used to not care whether people bought the clothes or not, but I kind of like it now. I wouldn’t label that commercialism; it’s more like I do this work because I want people to wear it.

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