I want to be the purveyor of a certain silhouette or a way of cutting, so that when I am dead and gone people will know that the twenty-first century was started by Alexander McQueen.

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.

Love is the greatest flow energy on this earthly plane of existence. Love enables you to flow.

The heart cannot embrace what the mind does not accept.

Write something, even if it's just a suicide note.

Whatever you read, read the Bible first. Beware of bad books: there are plenty in this day. Take heed what you read.

It's hard to imagine that our love is a story with an end. But you know, at least I'm getting some really good songs out of it

In my opinion, we've elected a Marxist [Barack Obama] to be president of the United States.

Instruct thyself for time and patience favor all.

The maxim of courts is that manner is power.

Chord progression is progression of emotions; storytelling - taking one person from one mood to the next. We are doing the same thing within a DJ set.

I believe in pride of race and lineage and self: in pride of self so deep as to scorn injustice to other selves.