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The police need to come down to street level.

I have been skiing since I was in school, but I'm not great. I am never going to break an Olympic record, I just want to go down the hills, on red or blue runs, but not... black.

Alexander McQueen

You can get insular with fashion.

Alexander McQueen

I don't want to be too proud, but I have a good personal style.

Alexander McQueen

Really, what I'm aiming for is world domination!

Alexander McQueen

Sting's my ideal man, because he's a real man.

Alexander McQueen

Youth culture now really looks back and embraces the past, but keeps it contemporary but not sticking to one particular style.

Alexander McQueen

I come from a different era and I design clothes for our era. I think of people I want to dress when I design.

Alexander McQueen

For a long time I was looking for my perfect equilibrium, my mojo. And now I think I'm getting there: I've found my customer, my silhouette, my cut.

Alexander McQueen

British fashion is self confident and fearless. It refuses to bow to commerce, thus generating a constant flow of new ideas whilst drawing in British heritage.

Alexander McQueen

I like the idea of infiltrating an area that is not really exposed to me or my work.

Alexander McQueen

I never look at other people's work. My mind has to be completely focused on my own illusions.

Alexander McQueen

I want to empower women. I want people to be afraid of the women I dress.

Alexander McQueen

I find it grotesque when clothes hit you in the face and there's no room for fault. But I don't expect to turn things around all by myself. I'm not a saint.

Alexander McQueen

My relationships with producers or photographers - these are relationships that took years.

Alexander McQueen

It's a new era in fashion - there are no rules. It's all about the individual and personal style, wearing high-end, low-end, classic labels, and up-and-coming designers all together.

Alexander McQueen

I just want to be a wallflower. Nondescript. Just not anything. I don't want to see me.

Alexander McQueen

You can hide so much behind theatrics, and I don't need to do that any more.

Alexander McQueen

I'm mad in the front of my mind, but business-minded in the back.

Alexander McQueen

When a woman gets dressed up to go out at night, she wants to give 50% away, and hold the rest back. If you're an open book, there's no allure.

Alexander McQueen

Fashion should be a form of escapism, and not a form of imprisonment.

Alexander McQueen

There is a hidden agenda in the fragility of romance.

Alexander McQueen

Menswear is about subtlety. It's about good style and good taste.

Alexander McQueen

The turnover of fashion is just so quick and so throwaway, and I think that is a big part of the problem. There is no longevity.

Alexander McQueen

Some couture collections have everything including the kitchen sink! Everything gets thrown on to make it look expensive. I find it grotesque when clothes hit you in the face and there's no room for fault. But I don't expect to turn things around all by myself. I'm not a saint.

Alexander McQueen

It's not my vision when I cover a woman's face with a chador. I got the idea from a 'National Geographic' photo. I'm just showing their plight in the world.

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I'm not big on women looking naive.

Alexander McQueen

You can only go forward by making mistakes.

Alexander McQueen

I feel more Scottish than Norman.

Alexander McQueen

I want to empower women.

Alexander McQueen

When I'm dead and gone, people will know that the twenty-first century was started by Alexander McQueen.

Alexander McQueen

It's usually only the intellectual ones who understand what's going on in what I do.

Alexander McQueen

Rap music's been around for too long now to be inspirational. The words are, but the music isn't.

Alexander McQueen

Clothes and jewellery should be startling, individual. When you see a woman in my clothes, you want to know more about them. To me, that is what distinguishes good designers from bad designers.

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Give me time and I'll give you a revolution.

Alexander McQueen

I hate it when people romanticize Scotland.

Alexander McQueen

I work with people I admire and respect. It's never because of who they are.

Alexander McQueen