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I used flowers because they die. My mood was darkly romantic at the time.

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Alexander McQueen
Age: 40 †
Born: 1969
Born: March 17
Died: 2010
Died: February 11
Artist
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Fashion Designer
Lee Alexander McQueen
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Dies
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Fashion should be a form of escapism, and not a form of imprisonment.
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I'm not interested in being liked.
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I don't want to be too proud, but I have a good personal style.
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I want people to be afraid of the women I dress.
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It is important to look at death because it is a part of life. It is a sad thing, melancholy but romantic at the same time. It is the end of a cycle - everything has to end. The cycle of life is positive because it gives room for new things.
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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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For people who know McQueen, there is always an underlying message. It's usually only the intellectual ones who understand what's going on in what I do.
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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.
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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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I find beauty in melancholy.
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