31 Quotes by Sarah Burton

When you design a collection, you have to start with what you love and what you believe in. Unless you do that, you can't stand behind it, so there's no point in doing it.

We don't take on battles so small we know we can win, we take on battles so big we dare to dream of winning them.

There'll always be a McQueen woman. She's strong, powerful & when she puts a McQueen jacket on, she feels different.

Every day, I love what I do and I think it’s a gift and privilege to love your job.

Alexander McQueen’s designs are all about bringing contrasts together to create startling and beautiful clothes and I hope that by marrying traditional fabrics and lacework, with a modern structure and design we have created a beautiful dress for Catherine on her wedding day.

The McQueen woman doesn’t want to feel casual. It’s not that kind of world. When you put on the clothes, they make you stand differently, feel differently. It was about how to do that but make it feel light. I’ve always been part of Lee’s romantic side, that’s what I love.

We don’t take on battles so small we know we can win, we take on battles so big we dare to dream of winning them.

Whenever I pick up a jacket and it’s heavy, I think, ‘Oh, I don’t want to wear that.’

I really think that creating clothes and fashion has to be a statement about how we live and where we live and what’s happening in the world.