Wish Quotes by Yves Saint Laurent

I am no longer concerned with sensation and innovation, but with the perfection of my style.

— Yves Saint Laurent

I love women. I love all the bright and attractive people and things of this world, the flame and also the moth, the dancer…

— Yves Saint Laurent

I hate fashion. I don't have any fun doing it. A show terrifies me.

— Yves Saint Laurent

I like to watch the way a model moves in my clothes, the way she gives them life, or if they are wrong, stillborn,…

— Yves Saint Laurent

I do not decide that skirts shall be short or long. The shape of the dress itself often dictates the length.

— Yves Saint Laurent

For a woman, le smoking is an indispensable garment with which she finds herself continually in fashion, because it is about style, not fashion.…

— Yves Saint Laurent

Fashion is like a party. Getting dressed is preparing to play a role.

— Yves Saint Laurent

Fashion comes and goes, but style is eternal.

— Yves Saint Laurent

I wanted women to have the same basic wardrobe as a man. Blazer, trousers, and suit. They're so functional. I believed women wanted this…

— Yves Saint Laurent

I pass for a hypersensitive, reclusive neurotic, which I may well be, but I hope the year won't come when my anxieties and fatigue…

— Yves Saint Laurent

The street and me is a love story. 1971 is a great date because, finally, fashion took to the street.

— Yves Saint Laurent

The big difference between couture and ready-to-wear is not design. It is the fabrics, the handwork, and the fittings. The act of creation is…

— Yves Saint Laurent