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

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

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.

Fashion is self confident and fearless.

I am a habitual rule-breaker

I adore my family. I don't love their politics. I think they're wonderful parents. They were dreadful at parenting.

Money is everywhere but so is poetry. What we lack are the poets.

There are two kinds of writers; the great ones who can give you truths, and the lessor ones, who can only give you themselves.

Popular culture is inescapable in the U.S. Why not use it?

For you do not yet know the strengths of your hearts, and you cannot foresee what each may meet on the road.

If only someone would do for cows what Bambi did for deer. Cows have been in films, but they haven't starred. I'm still willing to eat a species that is only a supporting player.

I think all women should learn how to strip. It's a really healthy, extremely challenging thing to do.

All thoughts emit a throw of dice

A beggar always remains a beggar. Africa, stop begging - you have what it takes to solve your problem.