Yves Saint Laurent Quotes

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Yves Saint Laurent

Profession : Designer

Birth : August 1, 1936

I wish I had invented blue jeans. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity - all I hope for in my clothes.

Yves Saint Laurent

I have often said that I wish I had invented blue jeans: the most spectacular, the most practical, the most relaxed and nonchalant. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity - all I hope for in my clothes.

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

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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.

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I told myself repeatedly, 'One day you will be famous.'

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A visit to Marrakesh was a great shock to me. This city taught me color.

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We must never confuse elegance with snobbery.

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Good clothing is a passport to happiness.

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I'm constantly looking for perfection.

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I just tried to be an artist in my own metier.

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I'm not deceived by people, because I don't pay attention to people.

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

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

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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.

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When I was young in the 1960s, all the world watched the youth. Everywhere was the sensation of wanting to break the chains but to do something beautiful. It is my privilege to have beauty always near me.

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Basic clothes are for all women, to last for decades and decades. They are the future and will never change. I am persuaded of that.

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I try to only be in agreeable circumstances.

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Dressing is a way of life.

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Isn't elegance forgetting what one is wearing?

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I tell myself that I created the wardrobe of the contemporary woman, that I participated in the transformation of my times.

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