"Of course I make mistakes. I'm human. If I didn't make mistakes,
I'd never learn. You can only go forward by making mistakes."
I'd never learn. You can only go forward by making mistakes."
-Alexander McQueen: British fashion designer and couturier
This quotation is not only relative to art, but to living life as well. McQueen shows an optimistic outlook on life with this statement that focuses on seeing the positive in one's negative actions. It is a given as an artist that one needs to immediately accept the possibility of failure. What art comes down to is problem-solving and with problem-solving the chance of failure is existent. However, what McQueen is saying is that when you make a mistake, if you can keep the memory of failure in your mind you can recognize not to do it again, therefore learning from it. I personally believe people learn by practice and ultimately failure, not finished results or success. Sure, success is obviously a wonderful thing, but one can only succeed so many times without any failure and still be successful. But failure is what makes somebody grow because it helps make the brain remember a particular instance and how the instance must be approached differently.
Sampling of McQueen's work:
Savage Beauty Collection, mixed materials. 2010-2011.
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