We must never confuse elegance with snobbery.
YVES SAINT LAURENTOver the years I have learned that what is important in a dress is the woman who is wearing it.
More Yves Saint Laurent Quotes
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I love black because it affirms, designs and styles. A woman in a black dress is a pencil stroke.
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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 will destroy my love of this life, of all the things that inspire me–a line of music, a face in a Vermeer portrait, a character in an opera, or a model born in Harlem.
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Haute couture consists of secrets whispered from generation to generation,
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The most beautiful makeup of a woman is passion. But cosmetics are easier to buy.
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I want to thank all the women who have worn my clothes, the famous and the unknown, who have been so faithful to me and given me so much joy.
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Elegance is no longer significant; clothes have to be fun.
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There are women who have completely transformed my view of fashion.
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I was born with a nervous breakdown.
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I created for my era and I tried to foresee what tomorrow would be.
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My name will be written in fiery letters on the Champs Elysees.
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Each model I have represents a type of ideal women to me.
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I love bows, … And I feel some couture pots coming on.
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Fashion comes and goes, but style is eternal.
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Seeing Cubism paintings at the Beaubourg makes me very happy and also old films.
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Fashion is defined by what later becomes out of fashion.
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