Quotes from Alexander McQueen

Now I design what I want to wear, and it works that way.

I come from a different era and I design clothes for our era. I think of people I want to dress when I design.

I always wanted to be a designer. I read books on fashion from the age of 12.

British fashion is self confident and fearless. It refuses to bow to commerce, thus generating a constant flow of new ideas whilst drawing in British heritage.

Life to me is a bit of a (Brothers) Grimm fairy tale.

I was three years old when I started drawing. I did it all my life.

I want to empower women. I want people to be afraid of the women I dress.

Let me not forget the use of my own hands, that of a craftsman with eyes... that reflect the technology around me.

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

Give me time and I'll give you a revolution.

For a long time I was looking for my perfect equilibrium, my mojo. And now I think I'm getting there: I've found my customer, my silhouette, my cut.

I spent a long time learning how to construct clothes, which is important to do before you can deconstruct them.

I find beauty in the grotesque, like most artists.

I find it grotesque when clothes hit you in the face and there's no room for fault. But I don't expect to turn things around all by myself. I'm not a saint.

Some couture collections have everything including the kitchen sink! Everything gets thrown on to make it look expensive. I find it grotesque when clothes hit you in the face and there's no room for fault. But I don't expect to turn things around all by myself. I'm not a saint.

There is a hidden agenda in the fragility of romance.

You can hide so much behind theatrics, and I don't need to do that any more.

Really, what I'm aiming for is world domination!

I've had good times; I've had bad times.

My relationships with producers or photographers - these are relationships that took years.

It's a new era in fashion - there are no rules. It's all about the individual and personal style, wearing high-end, low-end, classic labels, and up-and-coming designers all together.

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

You can get insular with fashion.

It's usually only the intellectual ones who understand what's going on in what I do.