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.
YVES SAINT LAURENTI 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.
More Yves Saint Laurent Quotes
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Fashions fade, style is eternal.
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I don’t really like knees.
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Anyone who reaches for great expression has to be careful of the ridiculous.
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I always believed that style was more important than fashion. They are rare, those who imposed their style while fashion makers are so numerous.
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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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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 adore America. It’s an extraordinary country. A new country.
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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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Fashion is defined by what later becomes out of fashion.
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Fashion is like a party. Getting dressed is preparing to play a role.
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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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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.
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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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Finding your own style is not easy, but once found it brings complete happiness. It gives you self-confidence, always.
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