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Alexander McQueen quotes: I don't want to do a cocktail party. I'd rather people left my shows and vomited.

I don't want to do a cocktail party. I'd rather people left my shows and vomited.

Alexander McQueen quotes: The police need to come down to street level.

The police need to come down to street level.

Alexander McQueen quotes: I like the idea of infiltrating an area that is not really exposed to me or my work.

I like the idea of infiltrating an area that is not really exposed to me or my work.

Alexander McQueen quotes: I was three years old when I started drawing. I did it all my life.

I was three years old when I started drawing. I did it all my life.

Alexander McQueen quotes: I'm not interested in being liked.

I'm not interested in being liked.

Alexander McQueen quotes: It's a new era in fashion- there are no rules

It's a new era in fashion- there are no rules

Alexander McQueen quotes: I don't want to be too proud, but I have a good personal style.

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

Alexander McQueen quotes: You find a lot of ideas from my shows in adverts now. I find it a compliment.

You find a lot of ideas from my shows in adverts now. I find it a compliment.

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

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

Alexander McQueen quotes: Life to me is a bit of a (Brothers) Grimm fairy tale.

Life to me is a bit of a (Brothers) Grimm fairy tale.

Alexander McQueen quotes: Fashion should be a form of escapism, and not a form of imprisonment.

Fashion should be a form of escapism, and not a form of imprisonment.

Alexander McQueen quotes: When you see a woman wearing McQueen, there's a certain hardness to the clothes that makes her look powerful. It kind of fends people off.

When you see a woman wearing McQueen, there's a certain hardness to the clothes that makes her look powerful. It kind of fends people off.

Alexander McQueen quotes: I always wanted to be a designer. I read books on fashion from the age of 12.

I always wanted to be a designer. I read books on fashion from the age of 12.

Alexander McQueen quotes: Fame should be left to the film stars.

Fame should be left to the film stars.

Alexander McQueen quotes: I feel more Scottish than Norman.

I feel more Scottish than Norman.

Alexander McQueen quotes: Now I design what I want to wear, and it works that way.

Now I design what I want to wear, and it works that way.

Alexander McQueen quotes: It's good to know where you come from. It makes you what you are today. It's DNA, it's in your blood.

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

Alexander McQueen quotes: I'm interested in designing for posterity.

I'm interested in designing for posterity.

Alexander McQueen quotes: I just want to be a wallflower. Nondescript. Just not anything. I don't want to see me.

I just want to be a wallflower. Nondescript. Just not anything. I don't want to see me.

Alexander McQueen quotes: 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 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.

Alexander McQueen quotes: I think I should be a president. President of the United States.

I think I should be a president. President of the United States.

Alexander McQueen quotes: I am a melancholy type of person.

I am a melancholy type of person.

Alexander McQueen quotes: The world needs fantasy, not reality. We have enough reality today

The world needs fantasy, not reality. We have enough reality today

Alexander McQueen quotes: There's beauty in anger, and anger for me is a passion.

There's beauty in anger, and anger for me is a passion.

Alexander McQueen quotes: Nicey nicey just doesn't do it for me.

Nicey nicey just doesn't do it for me.

Alexander McQueen quotes: I spent a long time learning how to construct clothes, which is important to do before you can deconstruct them.

I spent a long time learning how to construct clothes, which is important to do before you can deconstruct them.

Alexander McQueen quotes: My relationships with producers or photographers - these are relationships that took years.

My relationships with producers or photographers - these are relationships that took years.

Alexander McQueen quotes: I want to empower women. I want people to be afraid of the women I dress.

I want to empower women. I want people to be afraid of the women I dress.

Alexander McQueen quotes: I want to empower women.

I want to empower women.

Alexander McQueen quotes: Animals fascinate me because you can find a force, an energy, a fear that also exists in sex.

Animals fascinate me because you can find a force, an energy, a fear that also exists in sex.

Alexander McQueen quotes: I'm the pink sheep in the family.

I'm the pink sheep in the family.

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

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

Alexander McQueen quotes: When a woman gets dressed up to go out at night, she wants to give 50% away, and hold the rest back. If you're an open book, there's no allure.

When a woman gets dressed up to go out at night, she wants to give 50% away, and hold the rest back. If you're an open book, there's no allure.

Alexander McQueen quotes: I've had good times; I've had bad times.

I've had good times; I've had bad times.

Alexander McQueen quotes: 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 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.

Alexander McQueen quotes: I can't get sucked into that celebrity thing, because I think it's just crass.

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

Alexander McQueen quotes: I never look at other people's work. My mind has to be completely focused on my own illusions.

I never look at other people's work. My mind has to be completely focused on my own illusions.

Alexander McQueen quotes: I'm mad in the front of my mind, but business-minded in the back.

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

Alexander McQueen quotes: I am married to work.

I am married to work.

Alexander McQueen quotes: What I do is look at ancient African tribes, and the way they dress. The rituals of how they dress ... There's a lot of tribalism in the collections,

What I do is look at ancient African tribes, and the way they dress. The rituals of how they dress ... There's a lot of tribalism in the collections,

Alexander McQueen quotes: I oscillate between life and death, happiness and sadness, good and evil.

I oscillate between life and death, happiness and sadness, good and evil.

Alexander McQueen quotes: For me, what I do is an artistic expression which is channeled through me. Fashion is just the medium.

For me, what I do is an artistic expression which is channeled through me. Fashion is just the medium.

Alexander McQueen quotes: There is a hidden agenda in the fragility of romance.

There is a hidden agenda in the fragility of romance.

Alexander McQueen quotes: As a designer, you've always got to push yourself forward; you've always got to keep up with the trends or make your own trends. That's what I do.

As a designer, you've always got to push yourself forward; you've always got to keep up with the trends or make your own trends. That's what I do.

Alexander McQueen quotes: People don't want to see clothes, they want to see something that fuels the imagination

People don't want to see clothes, they want to see something that fuels the imagination

Alexander McQueen quotes: Sting's my ideal man, because he's a real man.

Sting's my ideal man, because he's a real man.

Alexander McQueen quotes: I like things to be modern and still have a bit of tradition

I like things to be modern and still have a bit of tradition

Alexander McQueen quotes: There is no way back for me now, I'm going to take you on journeys you've never dreamed possible

There is no way back for me now, I'm going to take you on journeys you've never dreamed possible

Alexander McQueen quotes: 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.

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.

Alexander McQueen quotes: Style is not about the clothes, it's about the individual

Style is not about the clothes, it's about the individual

Alexander McQueen quotes: I come from a different era and I design clothes for our era. I think of people I want to dress when I design.

I come from a different era and I design clothes for our era. I think of people I want to dress when I design.

Alexander McQueen quotes: Let me not forget the use of my own hands, that of a craftsman with eyes ... that reflect the technology around me.

Let me not forget the use of my own hands, that of a craftsman with eyes ... that reflect the technology around me.

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

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

Alexander McQueen quotes: Of course I make mistakes. I'm human. If I didn't make mistakes, I'd never learn. You can only go forward by making mistakes.

Of course I make mistakes. I'm human. If I didn't make mistakes, I'd never learn. You can only go forward by making mistakes.

Alexander McQueen quotes: Rap music's been around for too long now to be inspirational. The words are, but the music isn't.

Rap music's been around for too long now to be inspirational. The words are, but the music isn't.

Alexander McQueen quotes: Youth culture now really looks back and embraces the past, but keeps it contemporary but not sticking to one particular style.

Youth culture now really looks back and embraces the past, but keeps it contemporary but not sticking to one particular style.

Alexander McQueen quotes: Really, what I'm aiming for is world domination!

Really, what I'm aiming for is world domination!

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

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

Alexander McQueen quotes: Fashion is self confident and fearless.

Fashion is self confident and fearless.

Alexander McQueen quotes: You can get insular with fashion.

You can get insular with fashion.

Alexander McQueen quotes: I used flowers because they die. My mood was darkly romantic at the time.

I used flowers because they die. My mood was darkly romantic at the time.

Alexander McQueen quotes: There's blood beneath every layer of skin.

There's blood beneath every layer of skin.

Alexander McQueen quotes: There is no better designer then nature

There is no better designer then nature

Alexander McQueen quotes: It needs to connect with the earth. Things that are processed and reprocessed lose their substance.

It needs to connect with the earth. Things that are processed and reprocessed lose their substance.

Alexander McQueen quotes: There is no better designer than nature.

There is no better designer than nature.

Alexander McQueen quotes: Women should look like women. A piece of cardboard has no sexuality.

Women should look like women. A piece of cardboard has no sexuality.

Alexander McQueen quotes: You can hide so much behind theatrics, and I don't need to do that any more.

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

Alexander McQueen quotes: Give me time and I'll give you a revolution.

Give me time and I'll give you a revolution.

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

Alexander McQueen quotes: I can design a collection in a day and I always do, cause I've always got a load of Italians on my back, moaning that it's late.

I can design a collection in a day and I always do, cause I've always got a load of Italians on my back, moaning that it's late.

Alexander McQueen quotes: I'm not big on women looking naive.

I'm not big on women looking naive.

Alexander McQueen quotes: I think the idea of mixing luxury and mass-market fashion is very modern, very now - no one wears head-to-toe designer anymore.

I think the idea of mixing luxury and mass-market fashion is very modern, very now - no one wears head-to-toe designer anymore.

Alexander McQueen quotes: The turnover of fashion is just so quick and so throwaway, and I think that is a big part of the problem. There is no longevity.

The turnover of fashion is just so quick and so throwaway, and I think that is a big part of the problem. There is no longevity.

Alexander McQueen quotes: It's the ugly things I notice more, because other people tend to ignore the ugly things.

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

Alexander McQueen quotes: For a long time I was looking for my perfect equilibrium, my mojo. And now I think I'm getting there: I've found my customer, my silhouette, my cut.

For a long time I was looking for my perfect equilibrium, my mojo. And now I think I'm getting there: I've found my customer, my silhouette, my cut.

Alexander McQueen quotes: Menswear is about subtlety. It's about good style and good taste.

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

Alexander McQueen quotes: I hate it when people romanticize Scotland.

I hate it when people romanticize Scotland.

Alexander McQueen quotes: London's where I was brought up. It's where my heart is and where I get my inspiration,

London's where I was brought up. It's where my heart is and where I get my inspiration,

Alexander McQueen quotes: It's almost like putting armor on a woman. It's a very psychological way of dressing.

It's almost like putting armor on a woman. It's a very psychological way of dressing.

Alexander McQueen quotes: 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

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.