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" For me, the best way to know me is to look at my clothing. "

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" I am not aware I am an icon. "

" I don't like to explain the clothes, how I made them, the theme, et cetera. It's because the clothes are just as you see them and feel them. That's what I want... just see and feel them. "

" I'm always looking to make something that didn't exist before, fumbling about in the dark, not just while making a collection. The search for something new is a constant in my everyday life. But constantly searching for something new is like looking for a well in a desert. "

" Even though it is difficult, it is easier for me to make my own things, by myself. "

" I can understand how some women want to marry a rich man. They may be happy for the rest of their lives, but they will never be free. "

" I'm not an artist: I'm a businesswoman. Well, maybe an artist/businesswoman. "

" I don't think of myself as anyone special, and I would not know how to define myself. "

" If I do something I think is new, it will be misunderstood, but if people like it, I will be disappointed because I haven't pushed them enough. The more people hate it, maybe the newer it is. Because the fundamental human problem is that people are afraid of change. "

" Collaborations have no meaning if 1 + 1 does not equal much more than 2. "

" If you have total freedom to design, you won't get anything interesting. So I give myself restraints in order to kind of push myself through, to create something new. It's the torture that I give myself, the pain and the struggle that I go through. "

" For me, creation can only come out of a certain kind of unhappiness. They say in Japan, this thing like the hungry spirit - the hungry mind - is what gets you going forward. "

" I work in three shades of black. "

" My intention is not to make clothes. My head would be too restricted if I only thought about making clothes. "

" I am always thinking that some interesting possibility, some accidental synergy, could occur in a collaboration, and people seem to like it. "

" I want to show people that tailoring has value, which I don't see anymore in men's fashion. "

" I want to create a market where people from all walks of life can encounter each other in an atmosphere of beautiful chaos, the coming together of kindred souls. "

" The first thing you need in order to make a business viable is to preserve a cash flow. I made sure I didn't have any financial backing or support. "

" Creation takes things forward. Without anything new there is no progress. Creation equals new. "

" My design process never starts or finishes. I am always hoping to find something through the mere act of living my daily life. I do not work from a desk and do not have an exact starting point for any collection. "

" The most successful achievers in sports are people that are really driven and have that spirit of hunger. "

" I built my work from within instead of satisfying a demand for sexualised and ostentatious clothing. "

" When you put on clothes that are fighting against something, you can feel your courage grow. Clothing can set you free. "