I think there is beauty in everything. What 'normal' people would perceive as ugly, I can usually see something of beauty in it.

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.

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.

Before I can tell my life what I want to do with it, I must listen to my life telling me who I am.

Our goals and objectives are supposed to be well planned out in our minds.

If you desire peace, begin to pray.

Telling the truth may cause a few seconds of pain, but there's no medicine that can manage the pain of keeping lies.

A vigorous five-mile walk will do more good for an unhappy but otherwise healthy adult than all the medicine and psychology in the world.

Will power is only the tensile strength of one's own disposition. One cannot increase it by a single ounce.

Stay in shape. And remember, daily exercise is a must. Plan for it, and do it. The rewards will be well worth it.

I was raised on the internet.

Some mistakes will be made along the way. That's good. Because some decisions are being made along the way. We'll find the mistakes. We'll fix them.

There's no chivalry in culture any more. Sometimes you meet someone who everyone says is polite and you're like, 'Wow,' but then it's like, 'Hang on, isn't everyone supposed to be polite?'