“My mother hated foundation; she hated having a mask on her face - and ...” — Francois Nars Quote

My mother hated foundation; she hated having a mask on her face - and she pushed me to build my own vision and concept of beauty for women.

Makeup is an accessory to fashion. You buy a bag, you buy shoes, you put on eyeliner, you buy a lipstick, makeup compliments the clothes.

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

I would find myself in these photo shoots with models and makeup, and I got swept up in it all.

It's more fun to have a name rather than a number. I think this gives our products a personality. I get the names from literature, movies, opera, traveling, nature, poetry, sometimes even the street. I keep a small book that I write in. I wake up in the middle of the night and jot down a name for a lipstick or an eyeshadow.

As we grow old, the beauty steals inward.

I guess the point of that song 'Troublemaker, Doppelganger' is trying to navigate the worth of beauty and if it's hurtful or helpful to value beauty. If it's a curse or a blessing. Is that something really negative and morbid, like the hearse, or is it the limousine - a glamorous symbol of enjoying life?

What I look for in a role is the physical. But what's the journey emotionally? Can I take this person who is this archetypal tough guy and find the beauty?

A rainbow is the product of physics working for your appreciation of beauty.

We're here to bring beauty to the world and make a difference in this planet. That's what art forms are about.