Yves Saint Laurent's Quotes

Fashions fade, style is eternal.

I have often said that I wish I had invented blue jeans: the most spectacular, the most practical, the most relaxed and nonchalant. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity - all I hope for in my clothes.

We must never confuse elegance with snobbery.

Over the years I have learned that what is important in a dress is the woman who is wearing it.

Dressing is a way of life.

A good model can advance fashion by ten years.

I adore America. It's an extraordinary country. A new country.

I want to thank all the women who have worn my clothes, the famous and the unknown, who have been so faithful to me and given me so much joy.

I wish I had invented blue jeans. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity - all I hope for in my clothes.

Isn't elegance forgetting what one is wearing?

I am no longer concerned with sensation and innovation, but with the perfection of my style.

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.

I'm so secluded. Very alone.

It pains me physically to see a woman victimized, rendered pathetic, by fashion.

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.