Beauty shouldn't be taken too seriously. Life is stressful enough! Hair should be creative and crazy.

- Guido Palau

I try to be aware of technology and Japanese animation and old Belgian paintings, and get all my references from bits of everywhere.

- Guido Palau

When I think of the people I've worked with, all of them have great passion, and the passion is what keeps people inspired.

- Guido Palau

I like hair that's been 'worn in' because it's much easier to deal with.... I actually don't like it when [models] come in with this beautiful, thick…

- Guido Palau

I worked at a bunch of salons, and at one, a girl was going out to do a photo shoot for a women's magazine and brought me along to assist her. I reme…

- Guido Palau

When you respect somebody who has talent, whether it's a designer or a photographer, then you don't want to let yourself down - but you also really d…

- Guido Palau

I'm not saying that everything I do is always tasteful - and maybe it's not always the normal idea of beauty - but hopefully it's always an empowerin…

- Guido Palau

I didn't know I wanted to be a hairdresser. I was always interested in fashion and imagery in a very naive way, but it was always an attraction, like…

- Guido Palau

Suddenly it was cool to have your hair lank . . . It was a whole different way of looking at things, and it shook up the whole industry.

- Guido Palau