A biography for Jean Paul Gaultierhasn’t been written yet.
“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.”
“There are some people who say and do terrible things and they are not even punished for it.”
“Fashion is not art. Never.”
“When people have good energy I feel it. And generally I feel that people do like me. And that makes me very happy.”
“I don't like dreams or reality. I like when dreams become reality because that is my life.”
“I'm still astounded by some people's reaction to things I consider quite normal.”
“People think that everyone wears black in France; in fact they all wear grey.”
“People are fed up with something when it becomes more and more popular.”
“I've always felt more at home in the UK than in France.”
“Sometimes I have chosen to see films just by their posters.”
“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 was fascinated by movies from age 12.”
“You see me, I wanted to be fashion designer. I became fashion designer. So I think that everything is possible.”
“I take life as it happens. And I give myself a lot of freedom.”
“I start each collection thinking how I can refresh my classics.”
“Fashion is about what you look like, which translates to what you would like to be like.”
“I was lucky to have parents who loved me.”
“I would like to say to people, open your eyes and find beauty where you normally don't expect it.”
“In France, history is paralyzing.”