I promised myself: Before your 18th birthday, you're going to be at Jean Paul Gaultier. And it worked. I was hired.
- Nicolas Ghesquiere
Birthday, Going, Before, Jean
Your priority has to be the creativity - and build a brand. That's what everybody did - Balenciaga, Dior, Saint Laurent. That's the smart thing to do.
- Nicolas Ghesquiere
Everybody, Saint, Dior, Brand
I think the golden age of couture had some of the most incredible customers: women like Nan Kempner and all the icons.
- Nicolas Ghesquiere
Think, Some, I Think, Golden Age
There are people I've worked with who have never understood how fashion works. They keep saying they love fashion, yet they've never actually grasped that this isn't yoghurt or a piece of furniture - products in the purest sense of the term.
- Nicolas Ghesquiere
Love, Products, Works, Understood
In this work, you have to convince everyone all the time, at different levels, to support your dream. I learned you have to be confident in order to do that.
- Nicolas Ghesquiere
Work, Everyone, Learned, Levels
With my designs and my ideas, I want to please myself first.
- Nicolas Ghesquiere
Myself, Ideas, Want, Designs
Never forget that what becomes timeless was once truly new.
- Nicolas Ghesquiere
Forget, New, Never, Timeless
What I find most interesting in fashion is that it has to reflect our time. You have to witness your own moment.
- Nicolas Ghesquiere
Interesting, Own, Your, Our Time
I'm always very stressed about making a new proposition every season. But in a way, it's a kind of addiction.
- Nicolas Ghesquiere
New, Always, Very, Proposition
Of course I live in my time, and I'm really curious. But, at the same time, I don't think it has a direct impact on my work.
- Nicolas Ghesquiere
Work, Curious, Think, My Time
People used to define me as a futurist designer, but, you know, the future is now for me.
- Nicolas Ghesquiere
Future, Now, Define, Designer
In terms of design, it's true the world has an influence. But, as a designer, you have to protect yourself. You have to look at the world and then forget it.
- Nicolas Ghesquiere
Influence, Look, Then, Designer
I grew up in a family that played golf, and my brother was much better than me, so I kind of put that aside. I had to be good at something other than golf.
- Nicolas Ghesquiere
Kind, Other, Had, Golf
Actually, I love golf clothes! I think this is the most interesting part of golf!
- Nicolas Ghesquiere
Love, Most, Actually, Golf
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