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

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Alexander McQueen
Age: 40 †
Born: 1969
Born: March 17
Died: 2010
Died: February 11
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There is no way back for me now, I'm going to take you on journeys you've never dreamed possible
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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 oscillate between life and death, happiness and sadness, good and evil.
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The reason I'm patriotic about Scotland is because I think it's been dealt a really hard hand. It's marketed the world over as . . . haggis . . . bagpipes. But no one ever puts anything back into it.
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I'm not interested in being liked.
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Animals fascinate me because you can find a force, an energy, a fear that also exists in sex.
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You can get insular with fashion.
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I came to terms with not fitting in a long time ago. I never really fitted in. I don't want to fit in. And now people are buying into that.
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I like things to be modern and still have a bit of tradition
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The turnover of fashion is just so quick and so throwaway, and I think that is a big part of the problem. There is no longevity.
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You've got to know the rules to break them. That's what I'm here for, to demolish the rules but to keep the tradition.
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It's the ugly things I notice more, because other people tend to ignore the ugly things.
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