Alexander McQueen Quotes

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Alexander McQueen

Profession : Designer

Birth : March 17, 1969

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.

Alexander McQueen

I find beauty in the grotesque, like most artists.

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I'm interested in designing for posterity.

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I'm not big on women looking naive.

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

Alexander McQueen

It's usually only the intellectual ones who understand what's going on in what I do.

Alexander McQueen

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.

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

Alexander McQueen

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

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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.

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Nicey nicey just doesn't do it for me.

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

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You can get insular with fashion.

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I am a melancholy type of person.

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I am married to work.

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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.

Alexander McQueen

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

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

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I find it grotesque when clothes hit you in the face and there's no room for fault. But I don't expect to turn things around all by myself. I'm not a saint.

Alexander McQueen

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

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