Azzedine Alaia

I prefer to stay poor.

— Azzedine Alaia

I love films-they are like paintings.

— Azzedine Alaia

The foundation of beauty is the body.

— Azzedine Alaia

I love film - it's like painting.

— Azzedine Alaia

I make clothes, women make fashion.

— Azzedine Alaia

I never followed fashion. It's women who have dictated my conduct.

— Azzedine Alaia

When you have one idea per year, it's already a miracle!

— Azzedine Alaia

I am always in doubt; I am never sure of myself.

— Azzedine Alaia

A woman is like an actress: she's always onstage.

— Azzedine Alaia

The danger is we're losing sight of what women really want to wear.

— Azzedine Alaia

Who can really say who invents something first in fashion?

— Azzedine Alaia

I even do my ready-to-wear samples like couture.

— Azzedine Alaia

I'm always telling young designers to take the time to surround themselves with women.

— Azzedine Alaia

I work for women. I only think for them. If I didn't like women, I wouldn't do this job.

— Azzedine Alaia

I have total confidence in Beaute Prestige International to accompany me in creating a perfume that interprets my work and my world.

— Azzedine Alaia

I take it to heart that, for example, there aren't enough funds for AIDS research, but people pay 20 times the value…

— Azzedine Alaia

When I was growing up, I never heard the word 'racism.' It was only in Paris I encountered that.

— Azzedine Alaia

I think women should be seductive, not triste. There's enough sadness in life now without making women look sad, too.

— Azzedine Alaia

I am never sure that anything's good enough. Something that is good today will not be good tomorrow.

— Azzedine Alaia

I think women should be seductive, not triste. Theres enough sadness in life now without making women look sad, too.

— Azzedine Alaia

I've been wearing Chinese clothes since I was 14. I can't wear a suit. I'm small, and when I put on a…

— Azzedine Alaia

Beyonce is a beautiful, elegant woman who is also a wonderful dancer. And her voice is sublime. Just like her husband, Jay-Z,…

— Azzedine Alaia

My father could be very strict, but very fair. His father was the same. We all respected my grandfather; he was the…

— Azzedine Alaia

Fashion will last forever. It will exist always. It will exist in its own way in each era. I live in the…

— Azzedine Alaia

You know Sarkozy offered me the Legion d'honneur medal? I refused. People said I refused because I don't like Sarkozy, but that's…

— Azzedine Alaia

I have been offered the highest paid contracts in the world. I refused them all. It's not my thing. I don't want…

— Azzedine Alaia

There is a sensuality about fabric. I think all materials should be inviting when they touch the skin. When I watch children…

— Azzedine Alaia

I put myself on the same level as everyone else around me - from the directrice to the workman, everyone. Except my…

— Azzedine Alaia

I want to create a foundation, like a maison, in my home in the Marais. I am going to leave everything there.…

— Azzedine Alaia

Who will remember Anna Wintour in the history of fashion? No one.

— Azzedine Alaia

I want to speak directly with a star, not her stylist.

— Azzedine Alaia

I like black, because for me it is a very happy color.

— Azzedine Alaia

Perfection is never achieved, so you need to go on working.

— Azzedine Alaia

Ballet costumes are easier that opera because they are designed for movement.

— Azzedine Alaia

Even if I was in prison, I could be free in my head. I can adapt easily.

— Azzedine Alaia

Karl Lagerfeld never touched a pair of scissors in his life.

— Azzedine Alaia

I would rather die than see my face in a car advertisement.

— Azzedine Alaia

If I don't have a model in front of me, I don't have an idea.

— Azzedine Alaia

As I said many times, the fashion world, its system, can be disturbing.

— Azzedine Alaia

A human being is not a machine. Especially when it comes to creating.

— Azzedine Alaia