Creating is a lonely thing in a lot of ways.

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.

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... Black is poetic.

Who could imagine a poet wearing anything other than black?

Jesus was crucified for doing nothingAnd God is worshiped for even less.

We didn't know the importance of home computers before the Internet. We had them mostly for fun, then the Internet came along and was enabled by all the PCs out there.

I never had the chance to consider what or how I wanted to be.

There is a terrible emptiness in me, an indifference that hurts.

In the end, no matter how much you love your work, your work will not love you back.

The size of your paycheck shouldn’t determine your child’s future.

War is out of date, obsolete.

If 180 million people want to be undead, that’s their funeral, but I happen to like being alive.

Picasso said that no one has to explain a daffodil. Good design is understandable to virtually everybody. You never have to ask why.

I came, saw, and overcame.