Menswear is about subtlety. It's about good style and good taste.

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.

The presence of pain should not be the reason for your low self-image. Boldness is the ability to stand tall even when the valley seems deep. Your pain will bring gain. Just believe and go to work!

What is politics but persuading the public to vote for this and support that and endure these for the promise of those?

Everybody has something to bring to the table.

I should never have made a good scientist, but I should have made a perfectly adequate one.

You cannot buy loyalty; you cannot buy the devotion of hearts, minds, and souls. You have to earn these things.

The defence of democracy must consist in making anti-democratic experiences too costly for those who try them; much more costly than a democratic compromise

By which I get my wealth-- And very gladly will I drink Your Honour's noble health.

Love and happiness remind me of sticky peanut butter. When you spread them around, you can't help but end up getting some on yourself!

Getting to the heart of things, is never easy

I grew up thinking that whatever I wanted to do, I could do.