I always wanted to be a designer. I read books on fashion from the age of 12. – Alexander McQueen
There is something sinister, something quite biographical about what I do – but that part is for me. Its my personal business. I think there is a lot of romance, melancholy. Theres a sadness to it, but theres romance in sadness. I suppose I am a very melancholy person. – Alexander McQueen
I work with people I admire and respect. Its never because of who they are. – Alexander McQueen
Now I design what I want to wear, and it works that way. – Alexander McQueen
There is a certain even-handed justice in Time; and for what he takes away he gives us something in return. He robs us of elasticity of limb and spirit, and in its place he brings tranquility and repose—the mild autumnal weather of the soul. – Alexander Smith, “An Essay on an Old Subject”