I was born with a nervous breakdown.
YVES SAINT LAURENTWithout elegance of the heart, there is no elegance.
More Yves Saint Laurent Quotes
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No more rules, the freedom of dressing. The beauty of mixing vintage clothes with a pair of jeans that I love.
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I prefer to shock rather than to bore through repetition.
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We must never confuse elegance with snobbery.
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The street and me is a love story. 1971 is a great date because, finally, fashion took to the street.
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When you feel good in a clothing anything can happen.
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I couldn’t love a woman who inspired me to be totally disinterested. If I fell in love with a woman for an artistic reason, or from the point of view of my work, I think it would rob her of something.
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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.
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Playing with fashion is an art. The first rule is don’t burn your wings.
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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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The most beautiful clothes that can dress a woman are the arms of the man she loves. But for those who haven’t had the fortune of finding this happiness, I am there.
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Fashions come and go, but style is forever.
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A good clothing is a passport for happiness.
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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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For me, perfume, must be adapted to fashion, not the other way around.
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You should be able to use the pieces you already own and add to them. Because they are like timeless classics.
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