111 Quotes by Yves Saint Laurent

I couldn’t love a woman who inspired me to be totally disinterested. If I fell in love with a woman for an artistic reason, or from the point of view of my work, I think it would rob her of something.

I cannot pretend to do sculpture and make a woman the ridiculous pedestal of my pretensions. To render clothing poetic, yes – but one must preserve its dignity as clothing.

I don’t at all search for an ideal woman, but several ideal women.

I adore America. It’s an extraordinary country. A new country.

Good clothing is a passport to happiness.

The big difference between couture and ready-to-wear is not design. It is the fabrics, the handwork, and the fittings. The act of creation is the same.

I'm very sure of myself - what I do and what I like.

My favorite thing is a black sweater and skirt, which you can wear all the time by changing the accessories.

I want to give haute couture a kind of wink, a sense of humour - to introduce the whole sense of freedom one sees in the street into high fashion; to give couture the same provocative and arrogant look as punk - but, of course, with luxury and dignity and style.