191 Quotes by Alexander McQueen

There are only a handful of designers that influence other designers, and I have to keep one step ahead of the game.

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.

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 kind of like it the way it is right now, ... I believe in that one-on-one sell. I don't really believe in flooding the market with loads of goods that don't mean much, and (you) lose your identity.

I have been skiing since I was in school, but I'm not great. I am never going to break an Olympic record, I just want to go down the hills, on red or blue runs, but not... black.

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

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.

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

There is a hidden agenda in the fragility of romance.