Alexander McQueen Quotes & Sayings

“It's a new era in fashion - there are no rules. It's all about the individual and personal style, wearing high-end, low-end, classic labels, and up-and-coming designers all together.”

“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.”

“When I'm dead and gone, people will know that the twenty-first century was started by Alexander McQueen.”

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

“There is something sinister, something quite biographical about what I do - but that part is for me. It's my personal business. I think there is a lot of romance, melancholy. There's a sadness to it, but there's romance in sadness. I suppose I am a very melancholy person.”

“I find beauty in the grotesque, like most artists.”

“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.”

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

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

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