You can hide so much behind theatrics, and I don't need to do that any more.

- Alexander McQueen

I came to terms with not fitting in a long time ago. I never really fitted in. I don't want to fit in. And now people are buying into that.

- Alexander McQueen

Fame should be left to the film stars.

- Alexander McQueen

I can't get sucked into that celebrity thing, because I think it's just crass.

- Alexander McQueen

I just want to be a wallflower. Nondescript. Just not anything. I don't want to see me.

- Alexander McQueen

I feel more Scottish than Norman.

- Alexander McQueen

My relationships with producers or photographers - these are relationships that took years.

- Alexander McQueen

It's usually only the intellectual ones who understand what's going on in what I do.

- Alexander McQueen

The police need to come down to street level.

- Alexander McQueen

Nicey nicey just doesn't do it for me.

- Alexander McQueen

When a woman gets dressed up to go out at night, she wants to give 50% away, and hold the rest back. If you're an open book, there's no allure.

- Alexander McQueen

I like the idea of infiltrating an area that is not really exposed to me or my work.

- Alexander McQueen

You can get insular with fashion.

- Alexander McQueen

I find it grotesque when clothes hit you in the face and there's no room for fault. But I don't expect to turn things around all by myself. I'm not a saint.

- Alexander McQueen

You find a lot of ideas from my shows in adverts now. I find it a compliment.

- Alexander McQueen

I like the concept of dressing people. I used to not care whether people bought the clothes or not, but I kind of like it now. I wouldn't label that commercialism; it's more like I do this work because I want people to wear it.

- Alexander McQueen

It's not my vision when I cover a woman's face with a chador. I got the idea from a 'National Geographic' photo. I'm just showing their plight in the world.

- Alexander McQueen

I think I should be a president. President of the United States.

- Alexander McQueen

I hate it when people romanticize Scotland.

- Alexander McQueen

I'm interested in designing for posterity.

- Alexander McQueen