Yves Saint Laurent quotes

The most beautiful make-up of a woman is passion. But cosmetics are easier to buy.
- Yves Saint Laurent

I prefer to shock rather than to bore through repetition.
- Yves Saint Laurent

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.
- Yves Saint Laurent

I am very happy to design haute couture. It's a love story between couture and me.
- Yves Saint Laurent

What is wonderful about my art is that dream and reality can become one. There is just one step between the two.
- Yves Saint Laurent

I'm not deceived by people, because I don't pay attention to people.
- Yves Saint Laurent

Anyone who reaches for great expression has to be careful of the ridiculous.
- Yves Saint Laurent

I adore America. It's an extraordinary country. A new country.
- Yves Saint Laurent

Elegance and beauty have been banished.
- Yves Saint Laurent

A good model can advance fashion by ten years.
- Yves Saint Laurent

The most beautiful clothes that can dress a woman are the arms of the man she loves.
- Yves Saint Laurent

I don't really like knees.
- Yves Saint Laurent