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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
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Alexander McQueen
Age: 40 †
Born: 1969
Born: March 17
Died: 2010
Died: February 11
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I was literally 3 years old when I started drawing. I did it all my life, through primary school, secondary school, all my life. I always, always wanted to be a designer. I read books on fashion from the age of twelve. I followed designer's careers. I knew Giorgio Armani was a window-dresser, Emanuel Ungaro was a tailor.
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I'm mad in the front of my mind, but business-minded in the back.
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Fashion should be a form of escapism, and not a form of imprisonment.
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Let me not forget the use of my own hands, that of a craftsman with eyes... that reflect the technology around me.
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It's good to know where you come from. It makes you what you are today. It's DNA, it's in your blood.
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I hate it when people romanticize Scotland.
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My relationships with producers or photographers - these are relationships that took years.
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I like things to be modern and still have a bit of tradition
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There has to be a balance between your mental satisfaction and the financial needs of your company. (But) I always remember that it's the fantasy, the artistic side, that makes customers want to buy the straightforward black pants.
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There is no better designer than nature
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The explosion of museum exhibitions is only a mirror image of what has happened to fashion itself this millennium. With the force of technology, instant images and global participation, fashion has developed from being a passion for a few to a fascination - and an entertainment - for everybody.
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Fame should be left to the film stars.
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I'm about what goes through people's minds. The stuff that people don't want to admit or face up to. The shows are about what's buried in people's psyches.
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I never look at other people's work. My mind has to be completely focused on my own illusions.
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Style is not about the clothes, it's about the individual
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Fashion is self confident and fearless.
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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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I'm not interested in being liked.
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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.
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