Sting's my ideal man, because he's a real man.

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.

Trusting your inner voice, which is one of the critical steps in developing intuition, is predicated on being truly self-confident.

Remember, how you live your Life is far more important than how much you earn. Life soon ends. What matters is whether you enjoyed Life and Lived meaningfully.

There is such beauty in the fight to live. We must all find the courage to go on.

God hears no more than the heart speaks and if the heart be dumb God will certainly be dumb.

They wanted to come in after the pounds", explained Pooh, "so I let them. It's the best way to write poetry, letting things come.

I am burdened with what the Buddhists call the 'monkey mind' -- the thoughts that swing from limb to limb, stopping only to scratch themselves, spit and howl.

Man is always looking for someone to boast to; woman is always looking for a shoulder to put her head on.

My motto has always been that anybody can do it better than me.

Where sin was hatch'd, let tears now wash the nest, Where life was lost, recover life with cries.

Listen, if you're a hardworking steelworker or truck driver, that drives down your wages. That takes away your jobs.