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Yves Saint-Laurent quotes: The most beautiful makeup of a woman is passion. But cosmetics are easier to buy.

The most beautiful makeup of a woman is passion. But cosmetics are easier to buy.

Yves Saint-Laurent quotes: We must never confuse elegance with snobbery

We must never confuse elegance with snobbery

Yves Saint-Laurent quotes: I adore America. It's an extraordinary country. A new country.

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

Yves Saint-Laurent quotes: What is wonderful about my art is that dream and reality can become one. There is just one step between the two.

What is wonderful about my art is that dream and reality can become one. There is just one step between the two.

Yves Saint-Laurent quotes: My name will be written in fiery letters on the Champs Elysees.

My name will be written in fiery letters on the Champs Elysees.

Yves Saint-Laurent quotes: I like to watch the way a model moves in my clothes, the way she gives them life, or if they are wrong, stillborn, the way her life rejects them.

I like to watch the way a model moves in my clothes, the way she gives them life, or if they are wrong, stillborn, the way her life rejects them.

Yves Saint-Laurent quotes: Over the years I have learned that what is important in a dress is the woman who is wearing it.

Over the years I have learned that what is important in a dress is the woman who is wearing it.

Yves Saint-Laurent quotes: I love bows, ... And I feel some couture pots coming on.

I love bows, ... And I feel some couture pots coming on.

Yves Saint-Laurent quotes: Fashions fade, style is eternal.

Fashions fade, style is eternal.

Yves Saint-Laurent quotes: I'd really like to be in closer contact with life. I'm a little too distant, I guess. I like to place myself outside.

I'd really like to be in closer contact with life. I'm a little too distant, I guess. I like to place myself outside.

Yves Saint-Laurent quotes: It pains me physically to see a woman victimized, rendered pathetic, by fashion.

It pains me physically to see a woman victimized, rendered pathetic, by fashion.

Yves Saint-Laurent quotes: For me, perfume, must be adapted to fashion, not the other way around.

For me, perfume, must be adapted to fashion, not the other way around.

Yves Saint-Laurent quotes: Without elegance of the heart, there is no elegance.

Without elegance of the heart, there is no elegance.

Yves Saint-Laurent quotes: When you feel good in a clothing anything can happen. A good clothing is a passport for happiness.

When you feel good in a clothing anything can happen. A good clothing is a passport for happiness.

Yves Saint-Laurent quotes: I love black because it affirms, designs and styles. A woman in a black dress is a pencil stroke.

I love black because it affirms, designs and styles. A woman in a black dress is a pencil stroke.

Yves Saint-Laurent quotes: I don't really like knees.

I don't really like knees.

Yves Saint-Laurent quotes: Isn't elegance forgetting what one is wearing?

Isn't elegance forgetting what one is wearing?

Yves Saint-Laurent quotes: Dressing is a way of life.

Dressing is a way of life.

Yves Saint-Laurent quotes: There are women who have completely transformed my view of fashion.

There are women who have completely transformed my view of fashion.

Yves Saint-Laurent quotes: I have always believed that fashion was not only to make women more beautiful, but also to reassure them, give them confidence.

I have always believed that fashion was not only to make women more beautiful, but also to reassure them, give them confidence.

Yves Saint-Laurent quotes: A good model can advance fashion by ten years.

A good model can advance fashion by ten years.

Yves Saint-Laurent quotes: I don't like [to] make a woman ... an abstract concept of the fashion. I don't like [to] say, "You must wear that." ... I am not a dictator.

I don't like [to] make a woman ... an abstract concept of the fashion. I don't like [to] say, "You must wear that." ... I am not a dictator.

Yves Saint-Laurent quotes: Each model I have represents a type of ideal women to me.

Each model I have represents a type of ideal women to me.

Yves Saint-Laurent quotes: Blue Jeans? They should be worn by farm girls milking cows!

Blue Jeans? They should be worn by farm girls milking cows!

Yves Saint-Laurent quotes: Fashion is like a party. Getting dressed is preparing to play a role.

Fashion is like a party. Getting dressed is preparing to play a role.

Yves Saint-Laurent quotes: Finding your own style is not easy, but once found it brings complete happiness. It gives you self-confidence, always.

Finding your own style is not easy, but once found it brings complete happiness. It gives you self-confidence, always.

Yves Saint-Laurent quotes: I prefer to shock rather than to bore through repetition,

I prefer to shock rather than to bore through repetition,

Yves Saint-Laurent quotes: Chanel freed women, and I empowered them.

Chanel freed women, and I empowered them.

Yves Saint-Laurent quotes: I love women. I love all the bright and attractive people and things of this world, the flame and also the moth, the dancer and the dance.

I love women. I love all the bright and attractive people and things of this world, the flame and also the moth, the dancer and the dance.

Yves Saint-Laurent quotes: I was born with a nervous breakdown.

I was born with a nervous breakdown.

Yves Saint-Laurent quotes: I'm so secluded. Very alone.

I'm so secluded. Very alone.

Yves Saint-Laurent quotes: Fashion comes and goes, but style is eternal.

Fashion comes and goes, but style is eternal.

Yves Saint-Laurent quotes: Seeing Cubism paintings at the Beaubourg makes me very happy and also old films.

Seeing Cubism paintings at the Beaubourg makes me very happy and also old films.

Yves Saint-Laurent quotes: I don't at all search for an ideal woman, but several ideal women.

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

Yves Saint-Laurent quotes: I want to thank all the women who have worn my clothes, the famous and the unknown, who have been so faithful to me and given me so much joy.

I want to thank all the women who have worn my clothes, the famous and the unknown, who have been so faithful to me and given me so much joy.

Yves Saint-Laurent quotes: Decadence attracts me. It suggests a new world, and, for me, society's struggle between life and death is absolutely beautiful.

Decadence attracts me. It suggests a new world, and, for me, society's struggle between life and death is absolutely beautiful.

Yves Saint-Laurent quotes: Anyone who reaches for great expression has to be careful of the ridiculous.

Anyone who reaches for great expression has to be careful of the ridiculous.

Yves Saint-Laurent quotes: Elegance and beauty have been banished.

Elegance and beauty have been banished.

Yves Saint-Laurent quotes: Fashion fades, style is eternal.

Fashion fades, style is eternal.

Yves Saint-Laurent quotes: To be beautiful, woman enough to have a black sweater, black skirt and walk arm in arm with the man she loves.

To be beautiful, woman enough to have a black sweater, black skirt and walk arm in arm with the man she loves.

Yves Saint-Laurent quotes: No more rules, the freedom of dressing. The beauty of mixing vintage clothes with a pair of jeans that I love.

No more rules, the freedom of dressing. The beauty of mixing vintage clothes with a pair of jeans that I love.

Yves Saint-Laurent quotes: The street and me is a love story. 1971 is a great date because, finally, fashion took to the street.

The street and me is a love story. 1971 is a great date because, finally, fashion took to the street.

Yves Saint-Laurent quotes: I am no longer concerned with sensation and innovation, but with the perfection of my style.

I am no longer concerned with sensation and innovation, but with the perfection of my style.

Yves Saint-Laurent quotes: Elegance is no longer significant; clothes have to be fun.

Elegance is no longer significant; clothes have to be fun.

Yves Saint-Laurent quotes: Fashion is defined by what later becomes out of fashion.

Fashion is defined by what later becomes out of fashion.

Yves Saint-Laurent quotes: I always believed that style was more important than fashion. They are rare, those who imposed their style while fashion makers are so numerous.

I always believed that style was more important than fashion. They are rare, those who imposed their style while fashion makers are so numerous.

Yves Saint-Laurent quotes: [Fashion is] a kind of vitamin for style.

[Fashion is] a kind of vitamin for style.