“I feel more European than Belgian. However I do think that my Flemish ...” — Ann Demeulemeester Quote

“I feel more European than Belgian. However I do think that my Flemish roots have an impact on my character and culture.”

“Good fashion is like rock music: all anarchy and revolt.”

“When you see or hear something beautiful, it's like that thing is transmitting a kind of energy, and if that energy helped create the work, the only thing I can do is play it when I finally show the work.”

“Nationalist, anti-European, anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim public political figures, seem a worrying picture of a possible European future. We could still fall back into pre-Europe... and it worries me.”

“When I'm standing in front of all those lawmakers in the European Parliament, then I'm a speaker, when I'm singing, I'm a singer. If I'm on the catwalk, then I'm being a model. That can all happen in one week or even on the same day.”

“I'm definitely more influenced by European writers than I am by American writers, there's no doubt about that.”