I want to put a soul in a garment. I don't want my clothes to be perfect, because human beings are not perfect.

Black is not sad. Bright colours are what depress me. They're so... empty. Black is poetic. How do you imagine a poet? In a bright yellow jacket? Probably not.

Those that think my clothes are androgynous also still believe that women should look like Barbie dolls. That's precisely the problem, the deep-rooted assumptions about what is feminine.

Fashion has a right to exist, because it permits the people to define themselves over and over again.

I just wait because I think people will find me. And I’m not the kind of person who will knock on somebody’s door. I wait. If they’re good for me, they will come towards me.

Jewelry is something that has to do with emotion. That aspect of jewelry really interests me.

For me black is not dark, it's poetic. I don't think of gothic I think of classic - it's a big difference.

A new time is coming both for my personal life, and the brand Ann Demeulemeester. I feel it's time to separate our paths.

Black is not sad... Black is poetic.

Who could imagine a poet wearing anything other than black?

Good fashion for me is like rock ‘n’ roll – there’s always a little rebellion in it.

I will die kissing your mad cold mouth, embracing the lost bouquet of your body, and searching for the light of your closed eyes

Nobody knows better than I do what the pressures of party leadership can do to a young family. It tore mine apart.

After you have made your commitment to say no to what no longer serves you, you will probably be invited to demonstrate that you really mean it.

I'm not really a mass market writer.

When we preach Christ crucified, we have no reason to stammer, or stutter, or hesitate, or apologize; there is nothing in the gospel of which we have any cause to be ashamed.

Nirvana is very funny. It's not sincere particularly. It's rather frivolous, actually.

In fact, life itself is a contradiction if only because birth is the direct cause, in every single case, of death

Since I'm inarticulate, I express myself with images.

For the true student, everything that happens in daily life is a test.

People have this impression that I'm a little kooky, but I'm actually very OCD.