Quotes from Yves Saint Laurent

I'm so secluded. Very alone.

Seeing Cubism paintings at the Beaubourg makes me very happy and, also, old films.

A visit to Marrakesh was a great shock to me. This city taught me color.

Good clothing is a passport to happiness.

I'm not deceived by people, because I don't pay attention to people.

I'm constantly looking for perfection.

Basic clothes are for all women, to last for decades and decades. They are the future and will never change. I am persuaded of that.

I tell myself that I created the wardrobe of the contemporary woman, that I participated in the transformation of my times.

I wanted women to have the same basic wardrobe as a man. Blazer, trousers, and suit. They're so functional. I believed women wanted this and was right.

I try to only be in agreeable circumstances.

I'm very sure of myself - what I do and what I like.

I participated in the transformation of my era. I did it with clothes, which is surely less important than music, architecture, painting but whatever it's worth I did it.

I adore America. It's an extraordinary country. A new country.

Finding your own style is not easy, but once found it brings complete happiness. It gives you self-confidence, always.

When you feel good in a clothing anything can happen. A good clothing is a passport for happiness.

We must never confuse elegance with snobbery.

My favorite thing is a black sweater and skirt, which you can wear all the time by changing the accessories.

Isn't elegance forgetting what one is wearing?

Poiret made clothes for individual customers, but I wouldn't like to make a dress just for its own sake.

The most beautiful makeup of a woman is passion. But cosmetics are easier to buy.

We must never confuse elegance with snobbery

Over the years I have learned that what is important in a dress is the woman who is wearing it.

Fashions fade, style is eternal.

I have often said that I wish I had invented blue jeans: the most spectacular, the most practical, the most relaxed and nonchalant. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity - all I hope for in my clothes.