Explore Quotes by Jean Paul Gaultier

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

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

I was lucky to have parents who loved me.

I was fascinated by movies from age 12.

When I do my collection, it is in a way my own story.

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.

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.

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

In France, history is paralyzing.

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

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

People are so codified - it's sad.

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 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!

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

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

I can not forget Melina Mercouri in black dress at 'Never on Sunday'.

My eccentricity became direction.

There are many kinds of beauty, and you can find it where you least expect.

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.

My only fashion school was what I saw in the newspapers and on television