"You've got to know the rules to break them. That's what I'm here for, to demolish the rules but to keep the tradition."
"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."
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Source: Alexander McQueen obituary by Imogen Fox, www.theguardian.com. February 11, 2010.
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