I've had good times; I've had bad times.

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.

As architect of your reality, you have the power to create it as you choose.

I wanted to stay locked away from the pain and destruction. I didn't want to be strong. I didn't want to be the 'smart girl'. I was so very tired. I just wanted it all to be over.

Don’t be too quick to accept every direction from friends. Watch closely what your hear before your apply.

I'm not an acting monk or anything. I'm not, like, the most well-adjusted actor.

I don't owe my success to state subsidies but to a faithful public which has sustained me.

Old men delight in giving good advice as a consolation for the fact that they can no longer set bad examples.

The great thing about America is, you don't have to listen unless you want to.

Music-making as a means of getting money is hell

The attitude you have as a parent is what your kids will learn from more than what you tell them. They don't remember what you try to teach them. They remember what you are.

I think that people have great anger over what happened in 2008 in terms of the economy.