Alexander McQueen

Fame should be left to the film stars.

— Alexander McQueen

I want people to be afraid of the women I dress.

— Alexander McQueen

I like the concept of dressing people. I used to not care whether people bought the clothes or not, but I kind…

— Alexander McQueen

You can get insular with fashion.

— Alexander McQueen

If you ask any lady they want to be taller, they want to be slimmer, you know, and they want a waist.…

— Alexander McQueen

I'm mad in the front of my mind, but business-minded in the back.

— Alexander McQueen

It's the ugly things I notice more, because other people tend to ignore the ugly things.

— Alexander McQueen

I am married to work.

— Alexander McQueen

My relationships with producers or photographers - these are relationships that took years.

— Alexander McQueen

I don’t want to do a cocktail party. I’d rather people left my shows and vomited.

— Alexander McQueen

I am a melancholy type of person.

— Alexander McQueen

I just want to be a wallflower. Nondescript. Just not anything. I don't want to see me.

— Alexander McQueen

For me, what I do is an artistic expression which is channeled through me. Fashion is just the medium.

— Alexander McQueen

I'm interested in designing for posterity.

— Alexander McQueen

I come from a different era and I design clothes for our era. I think of people I want to dress when…

— Alexander McQueen

It's good to know where you come from. It makes you what you are today. It's DNA, it's in your blood.

— Alexander McQueen

I want to be honest about the world that we live in, and sometimes my political persuasions come through in my work.…

— Alexander McQueen

Clothes and jewellery should be startling, individual. When you see a woman in my clothes, you want to know more about them.…

— Alexander McQueen

Having money hasn't changed me. If anything it's made my life worse. People come up to you who knew you before you…

— Alexander McQueen

Beauty can come from the strangest of places, even the most disgusting of places,

— Alexander McQueen

I spent a long time learning how to construct clothes, which is important to do before you can deconstruct them.

— Alexander McQueen

Came to terms with not fitting in a long time ago. I never really fitted in. I don't want to fit in.…

— Alexander McQueen

For people who know McQueen, there is always an underlying message. It's usually only the intellectual ones who understand what's going on…

— Alexander McQueen

I think the idea of mixing luxury and mass-market fashion is very modern - wearing head-to-toe designer has become a bit passe.…

— Alexander McQueen

I am constantly trying to reflect the way women are treated. It's hard to interpret that in clothes or in a show…

— Alexander McQueen