Thierry Mugler: I want something mouthwatering and tasty which reminds...

Fashion is a movie. Every morning when you get dressed, you direct yourself.

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every-morning fashion morning

I am not trendy. I am not 'in fashion'. I am simply a positive human being who has a positive outlook on life.

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I made clothes because I was looking for something that didn't exist. I had to try to create my own world.

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clothes trying world

A photograph must come from imagination and not be a reflection of what is.

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photograph imagination reflection

To create something to dream about, I need exceptional women, locations and architectures.

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location dream needs

I want my models to be bigger, stronger and taller than common mortals.

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stronger want common

Perfume must not be linked just to fashion because that means that one day it will go out of style.

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style fashion mean

The reason I quit fashion was that I had had enough of spending time always being on my knees, making other people look amazing and fabulous. I used fashion to express myself as much as I could. But at some point it was not enough

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I used fashion to express myself as much as I could. But at some point, it was not enough.

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The potential of your body is endless.

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your-body endless body

The fact that perfume is so close to emotion, that's why I really love it. It's such a good connection between people. When you fall in love with somebody, smell is very important. It could be your memory of the person - it's touching. And it's also playful, because sometimes you choose a different perfume every day depending on your mood. I like to help with that. I like to give a little joy to people.

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falling-in-love memories people

Being a dancer I've got the idea that through discipline and hard work, you can develop the ability to be in a different dimension within seconds. You can be vomiting, you can detest who you are, detest the world, detest every single thing, and the next moment you are in the light and you glow. You forget everything, and you are just flying. When you're onstage, you are someone else. Beyoncé is very conscious of this. She said to me, "I'm another person when I'm onstage." And I said, "Oh yes, you are! You are an animal when you are onstage. You are a stage animal."

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discipline hard-work animal

I built a global brand Mugler, and we did things that inspired so many people. I'm proud to have helped some amazing people express themselves in new ways. What I appreciate most in the world is to have met and befriended incredible geniuses, like David Bowie and Cyd Charisse and Celia Cruz, who was the goddess of salsa. I saw people kneeling on the streets for her. Which they did for me in Japan. That was really embarrassing.

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appreciate genius people

I think now it's the money who tells the artist what to do - it's not the artist who tells the money what to do. And things move very fast, which is hard, because sometimes you need more time to be creative. I guess no one has a loud mouth like I did. They don't dare to scream loudly what they think. But you can't take fashion too seriously. The whole thing is about giving the woman who wears your clothes some power, some fun, some service. It's great to make it as art. But first, it's a service for someone.

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fashion fun art

I have always tried to sublimate the body and to make people dream.

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always body dream people

The reason I quit fashion was that I had had enough of spending my time always being on my knees, making other people look amazing and fabulous.

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look fashion time people

I survived on sandwiches, and I was on stage every night for six years of my life. I was working 16 hours a day between class, rehearsal, being on stage.

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You're working with models who are looking at their watch, and it didn't work for me. I wanted to have relationships with amazing people.

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me you work people

I realised I was living in my own universe with lots of assistants. I didn't have a cell phone; I didn't know how to use a computer. Everybody was doing everything for me. So I left and moved to New York. It was the end of an era, and I must say I found myself a bit lost. I wasn't in the protected Mugler universe any more.

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myself me cell-phone universe

I want my models to be bigger, stronger and taller than common mortals. I need superwomen and supermen.

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need stronger bigger want

I want something mouthwatering and tasty which reminds me of childhood. The scent of a fairground, candy floss, little cakes, chocolates and caramels. Perfume must not be linked just to fashion because that means that one day it will go out of style.