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 LAURENTAnyone who reaches for great expression has to be careful of the ridiculous.
More Yves Saint Laurent Quotes
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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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Blue Jeans? They should be worn by farm girls milking cows!
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[Fashion is] a kind of vitamin for style.
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I prefer to shock rather than to bore through repetition.
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Anyone who reaches for great expression has to be careful of the ridiculous.
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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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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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Fashions fade, style is eternal.
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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 don’t really like knees.
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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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A woman’s wardrobe shouldn’t change every six months.
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I adore America. It’s an extraordinary country. A new country.
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Haute couture consists of secrets whispered from generation to generation,
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We must never confuse elegance with snobbery.
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