I tried to show that fashion is an art. For that, I followed the counsel of my master Christian Dior and the imperishable lesson of Mademoiselle Chanel.
YVES SAINT LAURENTElegance is no longer significant; clothes have to be fun.
More Yves Saint Laurent Quotes
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There are women who have completely transformed my view of fashion.
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I don’t really like knees.
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When you feel good in a clothing anything can happen.
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Playing with fashion is an art. The first rule is don’t burn your wings.
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We must never confuse elegance with snobbery.
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Decadence attracts me. It suggests a new world, and, for me, society’s struggle between life and death is absolutely beautiful.
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Seeing Cubism paintings at the Beaubourg makes me very happy and also old films.
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I adore America. It’s an extraordinary country. A new country.
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I was born with a nervous breakdown.
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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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Each model I have represents a type of ideal women to me.
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What is wonderful about my art is that dream and reality can become one. There is just one step between the two.
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I love women. I love all the bright and attractive people and things of this world, the flame and also the moth, the dancer and the dance.
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Isn’t elegance forgetting what one is wearing?
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Finding your own style is not easy, but once found it brings complete happiness. It gives you self-confidence, always.
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