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I oscillate between life and death, happiness and sadness, good and evil.

Alexander McQueen

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Alexander McQueen
Age: 40 †
Born: 1969
Born: March 17
Died: 2010
Died: February 11
Artist
Designer
Fashion Designer
Lee Alexander McQueen
McQ
Evil
Death
Good
Life
Oscillate
Sadness
Happiness

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I can't get sucked into that celebrity thing, because I think it's just crass.
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For me, what I do is an artistic expression which is channeled through me. Fashion is just the medium.
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I work with people I admire and respect. It's never because of who they are.
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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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Fame should be left to the film stars.
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I think I should be a president. President of the United States.
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There’s blood beneath every layer of skin.
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I want people to be afraid of the women I dress.
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Youth culture now really looks back and embraces the past, but keeps it contemporary but not sticking to one particular style.
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I want to be honest about the world that we live in, and sometimes my political persuasions come through in my work. Fashion can be really racist, looking at the clothes of other cultures as costumes. . . . That’s mundane and it’s old hat. Let’s break down some barriers.
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What I do is look at ancient African tribes, and the way they dress. The rituals of how they dress. . . . There's a lot of tribalism in the collections.
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