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> [Sometimes I feel fashion is not open-minded enough. We need to push the old crowd to believe in what I believe, in the new generation. I remember when I started, my campaigns and and how I connected my love for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivier-rousteing/sometimes-i-feel-fashion-is-not-open-minded-enough-we-need-to-push/)

[Olivier Rousteing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivier-rousteing/)

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> [When you become controversial, when you want to promote new ideas, you need to be the face of it and not be scared.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivier-rousteing/when-you-become-controversial-when-you-want-to-promote-new-ideas-you/)

[Olivier Rousteing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivier-rousteing/)

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## Other authors on Controversial

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## More by Olivier Rousteing

> [We can use our art to become political, to become something you want to talk about. We make clothes, but we have the chance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivier-rousteing/we-can-use-our-art-to-become-political-to-become-something-you-want/)

[Olivier Rousteing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivier-rousteing/)

> [I think fashion is fashion: Sometimes you dress people that you don't know, and sometimes you dress people that you actually know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivier-rousteing/i-think-fashion-is-fashion-sometimes-you-dress-people-that-you-don-t/)

[Olivier Rousteing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivier-rousteing/)

> [Sometimes I feel fashion is not open-minded enough. We need to push the old crowd to believe in what I believe, in the new…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivier-rousteing/sometimes-i-feel-fashion-is-not-open-minded-enough-we-need-to-push/)

[Olivier Rousteing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivier-rousteing/)

> [It's amazing to see there aren't boundaries around gender. My menswear business has changed over the years as far as what men are daring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivier-rousteing/it-s-amazing-to-see-there-aren-t-boundaries-around-gender-my-menswear/)

[Olivier Rousteing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivier-rousteing/)

> [I like people who are powerful, confident, and fearless. Balmain is about an attitude. I think if Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor were alive,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivier-rousteing/i-like-people-who-are-powerful-confident-and-fearless-balmain-is/)

[Olivier Rousteing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivier-rousteing/)

> [There are two women that I am really in love with that I wish I could have dressed: The first one is Marilyn Monroe,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivier-rousteing/there-are-two-women-that-i-am-really-in-love-with-that-i-wish-i-could/)

[Olivier Rousteing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivier-rousteing/)

> [I don't see a difference between a biological family and an adoptive one. I think the difference is more in the eyes of others…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivier-rousteing/i-don-t-see-a-difference-between-a-biological-family-and-an-adoptive/)

[Olivier Rousteing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivier-rousteing/)

> [I really respect the new generation, people who are maybe 12 or 13. I think it's really important to understand the future customer -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivier-rousteing/i-really-respect-the-new-generation-people-who-are-maybe-12-or-13-i/)

[Olivier Rousteing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivier-rousteing/)

> [It's really sad to me that we even have to talk about diversity in the fashion world today. That I would love to change.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivier-rousteing/it-s-really-sad-to-me-that-we-even-have-to-talk-about-diversity-in/)

[Olivier Rousteing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivier-rousteing/)

> [I actually am locked away. I think I have 4.6 million Instagram followers, which is obviously a great way to communicate my work and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivier-rousteing/i-actually-am-locked-away-i-think-i-have-4-6-million-instagram/)

[Olivier Rousteing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivier-rousteing/)

> [When you become controversial, when you want to promote new ideas, you need to be the face of it and not be scared.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivier-rousteing/when-you-become-controversial-when-you-want-to-promote-new-ideas-you/)

[Olivier Rousteing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivier-rousteing/)

> [What I'm doing now is having people with and around me to build what other designers built before - like Pierre Balmain with Josephine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivier-rousteing/what-i-m-doing-now-is-having-people-with-and-around-me-to-build-what/)

[Olivier Rousteing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivier-rousteing/)

> [Michael Jackson is timeless to me. The fact that he wanted to break the rules, that he was always talking about a new world,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivier-rousteing/michael-jackson-is-timeless-to-me-the-fact-that-he-wanted-to-break/)

[Olivier Rousteing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivier-rousteing/)

> [What is the Balmain girl? It’s a woman who knows what she wants and is going to express it](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivier-rousteing/what-is-the-balmain-girl-it-s-a-woman-who-knows-what-she-wants-and-is/)

[Olivier Rousteing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivier-rousteing/)

> [I wish there were more young people in the big houses, but sometimes it's really hard for them to believe in the youth because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivier-rousteing/i-wish-there-were-more-young-people-in-the-big-houses-but-sometimes/)

[Olivier Rousteing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivier-rousteing/)

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