I didn’t know what gay was. There was no such thing when I was growing up. I knew I had crushes on boys, but I didn’t think there was anything wrong with that until I started to hear about it from the other kids in school. Kevyn Aucoin Read Quote
Soon I realized that if beauty equalled forgiveness, I was never going to be forgiven. Kevyn Aucoin Read Quote
While traveling around the world, I’ve had the opportunity to work with every living beauty icon. I’ve learned to appreciate idiosyncrasy. The fact is, there is really no such thing as ‘normal’ – everybody’s different, and that is the essence of their beauty. Kevyn Aucoin Read Quote
There are two types of people in the world: people who are passionate about things, and people who’ve had their passion punched, beaten, or whatever out of them. Kevyn Aucoin Read Quote
Beauty is about perception, not about make-up. I think the beginning of all beauty is knowing and liking oneself. You can’t put on make-up, or dress yourself, or do you hair with any sort of fun or joy if you’re doing it from a position of correction. Kevyn Aucoin Read Quote
I made a crash landing here on Earth on February 14, 1962, in the Shreveport Catholic Charities Home for un-wed mothers. The infamous Bonnie and Clyde lost their lives just miles from where I was born. Like outlaws ourselves, my birth mother and I were on the run from the day she found out I was part of her. Kevyn Aucoin Read Quote
I’d rather have huge success and huge failures than travel in the middle of the road. Kevyn Aucoin Read Quote
My entire mission in life is to help women take over the world. Not by force (the route so many men have taken since the beginning of time), but with compassion, perseverance, and love. Kevyn Aucoin Read Quote
Today I see beauty everywhere I go, in every face I see, in every single soul. Kevyn Aucoin Read Quote