I participated in the transformation of my era. I did it with clothes, which is surely less important than music, architecture, painting but whatever it’s worth I did it.
YVES SAINT LAURENTDressing is a way of life.
More Yves Saint Laurent Quotes
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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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Fashions come and go, but style is forever.
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It pains me physically to see a woman victimized, rendered pathetic by fashion.
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I cannot pretend to do sculpture and make a woman the ridiculous pedestal of my pretensions. To render clothing poetic, yes–but one must preserve its dignity as clothing.
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Fashions fade, style is eternal.
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The most beautiful makeup of a woman is passion. But cosmetics are easier to buy.
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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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When you feel good in a clothing anything can happen.
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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 was born with a nervous breakdown.
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Fashion is like a party. Getting dressed is preparing to play a role.
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I’d really like to be in closer contact with life. I’m a little too distant, I guess. I like to place myself outside.
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Fashion is defined by what later becomes out of fashion.
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I love bows, … And I feel some couture pots coming on.
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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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