I'm not interested in being liked.

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.

Life is about cherishing memories, getting lost in moments of beauty, and enjoying profound joy and happiness.

Friend of everyone is friend of none.

Be happy NOW. Feel good NOW. That's the only thing you have to do. And if that's the only thing you get from reading this book, then you have received the greatest truth of The Secret.

Love knows nothing of short hauls because it has committed itself for the long haul.

Stretch an unwavering tenacity when facing bad to worse attitudes.

All the best have something in common, a regard for reality, an agreement to its primacy over the imagination.

Ready to wrestle with my gorgeous boyfriend? Oh, I´d say I´m ready for that." Nora :D (p.375)

People have always been obsessed by celebrities. There are just more outlets and opportunities to make a living exploiting that obsession nowadays.

I want to release another CD this year, finish writing a screenplay, and make another short film

You see, a document has use, whereas art is really useless. Therefore art is never a document, although it can adopt that style.