Yves Saint Laurent Quotes

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.

- Yves Saint Laurent

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

- Yves Saint Laurent

Fashions fade, style is eternal.

- Yves Saint Laurent

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.

- Yves Saint Laurent

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

- Yves Saint Laurent

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

- Yves Saint Laurent

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

- 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 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.

- Yves Saint Laurent

We must never confuse elegance with snobbery.

- Yves Saint Laurent

A good model can advance fashion by ten years.

- Yves Saint Laurent

Isn't elegance forgetting what one is wearing?

- Yves Saint Laurent

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

- Yves Saint Laurent

Dressing is a way of life.

- Yves Saint Laurent

I'm so secluded. Very alone.

- Yves Saint Laurent