Beauty can come from the strangest of places, even the most disgusting of places.

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.

The world needs fantasy, not reality. We have enough reality today

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

There is no better designer than nature

People don't want to see clothes, they want to see something that fuels the imagination.

I think there is beauty in everything. What 'normal' people would perceive as ugly, I can usually see something of beauty in it.

If you're lucky enough to use something you see in a dream, it is purely original. It's not in the world - it's in your head. I think that is amazing.

There comes a time in your life when you focus solely on what you believe is right, regardless of what everybody else is doing.

For me, what I do is an artistic expression which is channeled through me. Fashion is just the medium.

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

I was trained as an actress. But I wasn't a very convincing actress, so I started doing punk poetry and then fell into doing stand-up.

Entrepreneurs start businesses because ... they have no choice. Passion and energy drive them on good days and sustain them on bad days

I'd stop calling it "chemotherapy." I'd call it "transformational juice." Infusion suites would become "transformational suites" or "journey rooms."

Bliss in possession will not last; Remembered joys are never past.

In our family, there wasn't anything else besides art. Nothing else in the world existed. My father never spoke about going to a movie or listening to music, other than my mother's singing.

I could have gone to the gym for three hours a day and bought into all that, but I just wasn't interested.

You know, it is said that we Greeks are a fervent and warm blooded breed. Well, let me tell you something - it is true.

We are only as good as our most extreme experiences

I like the concept that if you’re with someone, it’s for the long term.

Faith only glances at problems, but gazes upon Jesus.