I can design a collection in a day and I always do, cause I've always got a load of Italians on my back, moaning that it's late.

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

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

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.

When i look to my past i'm not believe in god but for future god is hope.

A good short definition of grace is "one-way love.

You were abducted by space aliens. Of course you want egg rolls.

Your imagination has much to do with your life. ... It is for you to decide how you want your imagination to serve you.

Most of the music I've listened to or grew up listening to - a lot of it at least - is instrumental stuff.

Some days when I start to talk, my voice isnt strong. But then it warms up.

We're kept scrambling so much that we don't have time to really study and analyze and understand the way that power really works in this country.

The more bombers the less room for doves of peace.

When you play with the best in the world, it is important that you not lose focus. You must be fully focused. Even a minor error could result in a massive defeat.

When I got out of school, it used to be that it was theater actors that ended up doing film and television, and you had to come from the theater to be taken seriously in that world.