Quotes By Jean Paul Gaultier

I was fascinated by movies from age 12.

People think that everyone wears black in France; in fact they all wear grey.

I could say that making clothes is my way of communicating, because I was always so shy.

I start each collection thinking how I can refresh my classics.

Always my collections are made of different influences.

I don't like dreams or reality. I like when dreams become reality because that is my life.

You see me, I wanted to be fashion designer. I became fashion designer. So I think that everything is possible.

People are fed up with something when it becomes more and more popular.

Fashion is not art. Never.

Doing fashion drawings was the only way I had to express myself when I was a teenager.

My best experiences with movies have come when I didn't know what to see.

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.

If it's too fashiony, it's not interesting to me.

It is beautiful to be what you are.

In France, history is paralyzing.

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'm still astounded by some people's reaction to things I consider quite normal.

I take life as it happens. And I give myself a lot of freedom.

There are some people who say and do terrible things and they are not even punished for it.

I would like to say to people, open your eyes and find beauty where you normally don't expect it.

My clothes have always been expensive. Even though I have had a few lower-priced lines over the years, little by little everything I do tends toward the luxury market.

When people have good energy I feel it. And generally I feel that people do like me. And that makes me very happy.

Sometimes I have chosen to see films just by their posters.

My eccentricity became direction.

I've always felt more at home in the UK than in France.

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.

People are so codified - it's sad.

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!

I don't know exactly what is my impact, but I can say I am doing fashion my own way.