I like the idea of infiltrating an area that is not really exposed to me or my work.

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.

The sons of God are different because they are givers, just like their Heavenly father

My kids idea of a hard life is to live in a house with only one phone.

Only a system in which all parts flourish is holistic.

[Phil Wood] was a great artist, and he knew things. He could be mildly conversant in several languages.

Any man or institution that tries to rob me of my dignity will lose.

We also have a tendency to root for the fugitive. We're always on the side of the animal being chased.

I envision a world filled with women traveling alone and meeting each other on the path.

I keep going back to love when I write songs because I can't figure it out.

One of the important things about being a small-town reporter is knowing what not to put in the paper.

Those people who recognise that imagination is reality's master, we call sages, and those who act upon it, we call artists.