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" Everything is an experiment. "
Issey Miyake
Everything
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" Clothes should fit comfortably - not too tightly - so that you have space to move in and think freely. "
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" Indian paper is famous, Egyptian papyrus, Chinese paper... every country has used this natural material. But the problem is it's going to run out because it's very difficult work. "
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" A-POC unleashes the freedom of imagination. It's for people who are curious, who have inner energy - the energy of life and living. "
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" If Mr. Obama could walk across the Peace Bridge in Hiroshima - whose balustrades were designed by the Japanese-American sculptor Isamu Noguchi as a reminder both of his ties to East and West and of what humans do to one another out of hatred - it would be both a real and a symbolic step toward creating a world that knows no fear of nuclear threat. "
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" You see it in the many bouncing clothes that are not just pleats. To make them, two or three people twist them - twist, twist, twist the pleats, sometimes three or four persons twist together and put it all in the machine to cook it. "
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" I did not want to be labelled 'the designer who survived the atomic bomb,' and therefore I have always avoided questions about Hiroshima. "
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" I feel it is urgently necessary to train people who are capable of tackling the various problems we face today in regards to environmental turmoil and the relevancy of clothing. "
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" In the past, art was admired and revered from afar. Today, there is more of an interactive relationship between the art and the person who admires it. "
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" I gravitated towards the field of clothing design, partly because it is a creative format that is modern and optimistic. "
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" Designers must be increasingly sensitive to our Earth's dwindling resources. It is our responsibility. "
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" My touchstone started out being - and is still - exploring the ways by which to make clothing from a single piece of cloth. "
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" In fashion, you need to present something new every six months, but it takes time to study things. Development is very important. "
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" The purpose - where I start - is the idea of use. It is not recycling, it's reuse. "
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" I was always interested in making clothing that is worn by people in the real world. "
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" I sent 200, 300 of the clothes that I had made, and the dancers chose what they liked. "
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Made
" Clothing has been called intimate architecture. We want to go beyond that. "
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" Function alone does not make clothing appealing. "
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" My fascination has been the space between cloth and the body, and using a two-dimensional element to clothe a three-dimensional form. "
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" Architects always have a feel for time - the generation they live in - as we do, and they are always striving toward boundless adventure. "
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" By the way, Marilyn Monroe was a size 14. "
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" Indian clothes are usually tight. "
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" I started to work with cotton fabrics. I used cotton because it's easy to work with, to wash, to take care of, to wear if it's warm or cold. It's great. That was the start. "
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" I suppose there are many, but I cannot imagine ever having a more perfect collaboration than that which Penn-san and I shared. It was based upon mutual trust, respect, and a desire to have our own work pushed to new places. And it always resulted in delight. "
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" Well, what I'm doing is really clothing. I'm not doing sculpture. "
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" Boys have been wearing skirts for some time now. My three assistants wear mini skirts. They come to work on their motorcycles wearing mini skirts. The French saw the idea on the streets and have done it in better fabrics, and now everyone says, 'Ah!' "
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" Design is a vital component to the enrichment of our everyday lives. Japan has a very rich history and culture of design, and I feel it is a very important dialogue to open and keep evolving. "
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