I oscillate between life and death, happiness and sadness, good and evil.

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.

Heads of state are notoriously ill prepared for their mature careers; think of Adolf Hitler (landscape painter), Ho Chi Minh (seaman), and our own Ronald Reagan.

I'm not Bill Evans. I'm not Keith Jarrett. I'm basically a singer who plays along with his voice.

I have always been intrigued by these lives I have never experienced.

Your practice should be strengthened by the difficult situations you encounter, just as a bonfire in a strong wind is not blown out, but blazes even brighter.

In the art world, creativity involves aesthetic sensibility, emotional resonance and a gift for expression.

You can never trust a human being to behave as you would have expected in a given circumstance

[Puggles] "What population signs on willingly for slavery?" "You mean other than wives?" [Glinda]

Condiments are like old friends - highly thought of, but often taken for granted.

The fortunes of the entire world may well ride on the ability of young Americans to face the responsibilities of an old America gone mad.