Francois Nars

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. ”

I love to collaborate with artists, like Guy Bourdin and Steven Klein, who don't have any boundaries. ”

I'm not so interested in perfect, plastic beauty, and I think it translates in the girls I've shot over the years for Nars, from Guinevere to Iris to Mariacarla. I love those girls. I love the more interesting faces, with maybe a strange nose, not just the Texan blonde. By picking those girls, I think it's changed what I've seen in other campaigns. ”

You are born with this love; fashion and beauty are a part of who I am. ”

I think Edie Sedgwick comes back, too. Every five or six years, there is always something about Edie, because she was so modern and stylish and elegant and hippie-ish, all at the same time. So I think that people will always love her. ”

I love so much the models from the '60s and the '70s. They were extremely professional, great models who knew how to work the camera so well and loved fashion and had a great sense of style. ”

It was the early Seventies, and I discovered makeup by going through my mother's fashion magazines. I fell in love with the photos, the models, the fashion. ”