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 like to watch the way a model moves in my clothes, the way she gives them life, or if they are wrong, stillborn, the way her life rejects them.
More Yves Saint Laurent Quotes
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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 love bows, … And I feel some couture pots coming on.
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I prefer to shock rather than to bore through repetition.
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Seeing Cubism paintings at the Beaubourg makes me very happy and also old films.
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Blue Jeans? They should be worn by farm girls milking cows!
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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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I have always believed that fashion was not only to make women more beautiful, but also to reassure them, give them confidence.
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Anyone who reaches for great expression has to be careful of the ridiculous.
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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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Playing with fashion is an art. The first rule is don’t burn your wings.
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I don’t at all search for an ideal woman, but several ideal women.
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My name will be written in fiery letters on the Champs Elysees.
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To be beautiful, woman enough to have a black sweater, black skirt and walk arm in arm with the man she loves.
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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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I created for my era and I tried to foresee what tomorrow would be.
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