Words matter. These are the best Jean Paul Gaultier Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
Sometimes I have chosen to see films just by their posters.
When people have good energy I feel it. And generally I feel that people do like me. And that makes me very happy.
If it’s too fashiony, it’s not interesting to me.
I was fascinated by movies from age 12.
I would like to say to people, open your eyes and find beauty where you normally don’t expect it.
I know what I am able and not able to do. Fashion? OK. Fashion… clothes in theatre, in an opera, in a concert – all that I love. To make a movie myself… no!
The great thing about American women is their energy and the way they love to dress. French women don’t really dress; they are too conservative, as it’s always a question of money. In America, women are powerful and strong, determined. If they want to be an object, they choose to be in control.
I have loved corsets since I was small. When I was a child, my grandmother took me to an exhibition, and they had a corset on display. I loved the flesh color, the salmon satin, the lace.
My best experiences with movies have come when I didn’t know what to see.
The shock of the way I mix patterns and fabrics can be disconcerting, but what I am trying to do is provoke new ideas about how pieces can be put together in different ways. I think this is a more modern way to wear clothes that in themselves are fairly classic.
I start each collection thinking how I can refresh my classics.
It is beautiful to be what you are.
I don’t like dreams or reality. I like when dreams become reality because that is my life.
When I do my collection, it is in a way my own story.
Fashion is not art. Never.
People are so codified – it’s sad.
I was lucky to have parents who loved me.
My best experiences with movies have come when I didn’t know what to see.
You see me, I wanted to be fashion designer. I became fashion designer. So I think that everything is possible.
People think that everyone wears black in France; in fact they all wear grey.
People are so codified – it’s sad.
I was lucky to have parents who loved me.
When people have good energy I feel it. And generally I feel that people do like me. And that makes me very happy.
When I do my collection, it is in a way my own story.
I’ve always felt more at home in the UK than in France.
I was fascinated by movies from age 12.
When I started in fashion, I had already adopted the sailor-striped sweater as my uniform; that way, I wouldn’t have to drive myself crazy trying to figure out what to wear.
Always my collections are made of different influences.
In France, history is paralyzing.
My eccentricity became direction.
I take life as it happens. And I give myself a lot of freedom.
Doing fashion drawings was the only way I had to express myself when I was a teenager.
Sometimes I have chosen to see films just by their posters.
I know what I am able and not able to do. Fashion? OK. Fashion… clothes in theatre, in an opera, in a concert – all that I love. To make a movie myself… no!
It is beautiful to be what you are.