A new time is coming both for my personal life, and the brand Ann Demeulemeester. I feel it's time to separate our paths.

Black is not sad. Bright colours are what depress me. They're so... empty. Black is poetic. How do you imagine a poet? In a bright yellow jacket? Probably not.

Those that think my clothes are androgynous also still believe that women should look like Barbie dolls. That's precisely the problem, the deep-rooted assumptions about what is feminine.

Fashion has a right to exist, because it permits the people to define themselves over and over again.

I just wait because I think people will find me. And I’m not the kind of person who will knock on somebody’s door. I wait. If they’re good for me, they will come towards me.

I want to put a soul in a garment. I don't want my clothes to be perfect, because human beings are not perfect.

Jewelry is something that has to do with emotion. That aspect of jewelry really interests me.

For me black is not dark, it's poetic. I don't think of gothic I think of classic - it's a big difference.

Black is not sad... Black is poetic.

Who could imagine a poet wearing anything other than black?

Good fashion for me is like rock ‘n’ roll – there’s always a little rebellion in it.

Sometimes you don't let us talk about how we're feeling. If we feel scared, you say, 'Nothing to worry about, guys, ' but that doesn't make it go away. It makes it grow.

Philosophy of science without history of science is empty history of science without philosophy of science is blind.

Every Friday I used to have about fifty, sixty kids who would wait for me on Sunset Boulevard and I'd take them all to dinner. All runaways.

Il y a dans les hommes plus de choses a' admirer que de choses a' me priser. There are more things to admire in people than to despise.

When rumours increase, and when there is an abundance of noise and clamour, believe the second report.

The challenge, and also what I like most about a big ensemble movie, is that all actors have completely different processes and all of them prefer scenes to be done a different way.

I make no pretense to accuracy. I shall be quite content if the sensibilities of no one are wounded by anything I may reduce to type.

The gun goes off. I fall.

I have no plan to retire anytime soon, although remember I am 50 years old!