I just want to be a wallflower. Nondescript. Just not anything. I don’t want to see me. – Alexander McQueen
It’s usually only the intellectual ones who understand what’s going on in what I do. – Alexander McQueen
Of course I make mistakes. I’m human. If I didn’t make mistakes, I’d never learn. You can only go forward by making mistakes. – 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
Rap music’s been around for too long now to be inspirational. The words are, but the music isn’t. – Alexander McQueen
I was never a big networker, but I was a spin doctor, all those shock shows, that’s how I got my first backers. But fashion’s a scary industry to be in, especially if you’ve not grown up with it. – Alexander McQueen
For people who know McQueen, there is always an underlying message. It’s usually only the intellectual ones who understand what’s going on in what I do. – Alexander McQueen
I came to terms with not fitting in a long time ago. I never really fitted in. I don’t want to fit in. And now people are buying into that. – 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
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
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
When I’m dead and gone, people will know that the twenty-first century was started by Alexander McQueen. – Alexander McQueen
There has to be a balance between your mental satisfaction and the financial needs of your company. – Alexander McQueen
