Francois Nars

Women are being more experimental with eye color.

It was never in my mind to be famous.

It's very hard for me to photograph someone when I'm not attracted by who they are.

I photographed Alek Wek. She was amazing, and nobody knew about her then. It was a really strong photograph of her.

I wanted to be a make up artist. I did it, and the road that I took was quite good.

It's one thing to read about how makeup is applied. It's another thing altogether to watch it being put on.

Women don't want to feel like they're wearing makeup. I hope I was partly responsible for that.

Being a studio make-up artist and working on magazines was the only thing I wanted to do.

It's not that I'm easily shocked. It takes a lot to shock me. And wildness I like. But vulgarity shocks me.

I'm not an easily depressed person.

I loved working with Avedon.

I fell in love with New York. I moved here 25 years ago in 1984 after I lived in Paris for six years. In the 1980s, it was the place to be. Here I was able to create NARS, which I would not have been able to create if I stayed in France.