--- title: "Best Alexander McQueen Quotations" description: "Lee Alexander McQueen was a British fashion designer who founded the Alexander McQueen label in 1992 and worked as chief designer at Givenchy from 1996 ..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-alexander-mcqueen-11001.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Alexander McQueen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-alexander-mcqueen-11001.jpg) # Alexander McQueen (1969–2010) Fashion Designer **131** quotes in **644** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Alexander McQueen was a fashion designer, best known for *The New Webster encyclopedic dictionary of the English language*. ## Quick Facts About Alexander McQueen Born March 16, 1969 Died February 11, 2010 Profession Fashion Designer Notable works The New Webster encyclopedic dictionary of the English language ## About Alexander McQueen He won four British Designer of the Year awards and the CFDA International Designer of the Year award in 2003. ## Quotes by Alexander McQueen · Page 4 > [You've got to know the rules to break them. That's what I'm here for, to demolish the rules but to keep the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-mcqueen/you-ve-got-to-know-the-rules-to-break-them-that-s-what-i-m-here-for/) [Alexander McQueen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-mcqueen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/889/alexander-mcqueen-3419_break_you-ve-got-to-know-the-rules-to-break-th_1201001.jpg) > [There has to be a balance between your mental satisfaction and the financial needs of your company.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-mcqueen/there-has-to-be-a-balance-between-your-mental-satisfaction-and-the-2/) [Alexander McQueen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-mcqueen/) [Balance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/balance/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/490/alexander-mcqueen-3419_balance_there-has-to-be-a-balance-between-your-m_2054311.jpg) > [When I'm dead and gone, people will know that the twenty-first century was started by Alexander McQueen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-mcqueen/when-i-m-dead-and-gone-people-will-know-that-the-twenty-first-century/) [Alexander McQueen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-mcqueen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6fe/alexander-mcqueen-3419_century_when-i-m-dead-and-gone-people-will-know_2722666.jpg) > [What I do is look at ancient African tribes, and the way they dress. The rituals of how they dress. . .…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-mcqueen/what-i-do-is-look-at-ancient-african-tribes-and-the-way-they-dress/) [Alexander McQueen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-mcqueen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8e/alexander-mcqueen-3419_african-tribes_what-i-do-is-look-at-ancient-african-tri_1963233.jpg) > [The turnover of fashion is just so quick and so throwaway, and I think that is a big part of the problem.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-mcqueen/the-turnover-of-fashion-is-just-so-quick-and-so-throwaway-and-i-think/) [Alexander McQueen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-mcqueen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f84/alexander-mcqueen-3419_big_the-turnover-of-fashion-is-just-so-quick_2965330.jpg) > [If you ask any lady they want to be taller, they want to be slimmer, you know, and they want a waist.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-mcqueen/if-you-ask-any-lady-they-want-to-be-taller-they-want-to-be-slimmer/) [Alexander McQueen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-mcqueen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/475/alexander-mcqueen-3419_looks_if-you-ask-any-lady-they-want-to-be-tall_153445.jpg) > [You can only go forward by making mistakes. I'm twenty-seven, not fifty-seven. I'm not Givenchy, I'm Alexander McQueen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-mcqueen/you-can-only-go-forward-by-making-mistakes-i-m-twenty-seven-not-fifty/) [Alexander McQueen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-mcqueen/) [Failure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/failure/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1e/alexander-mcqueen-3419_failure_you-can-only-go-forward-by-making-mistak_2756367.jpg) > [I just want to be a wallflower. Nondescript. Just not anything. I don't want to see me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-mcqueen/i-just-want-to-be-a-wallflower-nondescript-just-not-anything-i-don-t/) [Alexander McQueen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-mcqueen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/881/alexander-mcqueen-3419_anything_i-just-want-to-be-a-wallflower-nondescri_276327.jpg) > [It needs to connect with the earth. Things that are processed and reprocessed lose their substance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-mcqueen/it-needs-to-connect-with-the-earth-things-that-are-processed-and/) [Alexander McQueen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-mcqueen/) [Earth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/earth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ae/alexander-mcqueen-3419_earth_it-needs-to-connect-with-the-earth-thing_1063777.jpg) > [I spent a long time learning how to construct clothes, which is important to do before you can deconstruct them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-mcqueen/i-spent-a-long-time-learning-how-to-construct-clothes-which-is/) [Alexander McQueen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-mcqueen/) [Clothes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/clothes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42f/alexander-mcqueen-3419_clothes_i-spent-a-long-time-learning-how-to-cons_595133.jpg) > [When you see a woman wearing McQueen, there’s a certain hardness to the clothes that makes her look powerful. It kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-mcqueen/when-you-see-a-woman-wearing-mcqueen-there-s-a-certain-hardness-to/) [Alexander McQueen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-mcqueen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b1/alexander-mcqueen-3419_certain_when-you-see-a-woman-wearing-mcqueen-the_1641410.jpg) ## Alexander McQueen by topic [Fashion (44)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fashion/alexander-mcqueen/) [People (21)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/alexander-mcqueen/) [Inspirational (19)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/inspirational/alexander-mcqueen/) [Clothes (15)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/clothes/alexander-mcqueen/) [Thinking (14)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/alexander-mcqueen/) [Love (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love/alexander-mcqueen/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-mcqueen/#itemlist", "name": "Alexander McQueen Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You've got to know the rules to break them. 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