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" I just don't ever want it to be nice. I'd prefer someone had a violent reaction to my collection than ever call it 'nice.' "
Jonathan Anderson
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" I love collecting things from auction - we Brits really are hoarders and collectors. "
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" During the 1990s, luxury became something exclusive and elitist. I think fashion got lost. It forgot about craft and culture. "
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" The problem with me and TV shows is once I start watching them, I have to watch them all because I'm so impatient. I need the entire series to be on TV, and then I'll sit all day and watch the entire thing. So I did that with 'Homeland,' and I did that with 'Veep.' "
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" I believe that collaboration is one of the most important things in any field. "
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" If you do generic things, you know, after a while, brands or designers become stagnated. "
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" We have this perceived illusion of what the fashion designer does. As an industry, we make it out that this one individual changes the entire face of the earth. I have never said 'me'; it's always 'we.' I am just the big salesman. "
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" I try to live my life free of regrets, but I do have one style regret that makes me laugh and cringe at the same time. Mum used to dress my brother and me in bright neon bike pants and big baggy t-shirts that were so long you could barely see our bike pants. "
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" When I think of Uniqlo, I think of things that are perfectly made, that people have spent a lot of time considering. "
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" What's so important with fashion imagery and with imagery in general is that it ultimately evokes an emotion. "
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" Whether I'm at home in London or in Paris for Loewe, I always like to walk to work. "
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" I always think the great thing about shirting is that it goes with jeans, and jeans are probably the most modern, functional garment that ever existed. That is what is so great about shirting - it is an up-play-down-play. "
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" When I became a teenager, I got very into clothing. I remember cutting Gucci advertisements and sticking them on my wall. "
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" You have to be slightly uncomfortable with what you're doing, and you have to be able to try to find moments of newness. "
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" Work is an addiction. I've always done too much. It's in my nature. "
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" I could binge-eat cheese - I love any blue cheese. Make it strong; make it deadly. "
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" We need to articulate luxury differently. We live in the world of the 'like' culture. As a society, we're consuming so much imagery, it's like gorging on sugar, and the only way to find depth in a 'like' culture is by presenting the unknown. "
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" I was very into swimming, but I was never into contact sports. I think it was because I knew I wasn't going to get damaged. "
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" Ultimately, I think to be successful in fashion, you have to turn into the most incredible HR person. It's about politics. I'm massaging egos and keeping everyone happy. "
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" The first thing I do in the morning is have an espresso - straight up - and read the papers. I like 'The Independent,' 'The Times,' and the 'Financial Times.' "
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" I've been a fan and collector of Lucie Rie for years. "
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" I wasn't very good at school and appalling at English. "
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" I read up a lot about ceramics and collect them, but when you make something, it's very difficult to like it. I quite like appreciating and supporting what someone else does. "
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" Sometimes you fall out of love with what you do. Some days, you wake up and wish you worked on a farm. "
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" I've always loved collecting arts and crafts - I have pieces by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and William Morris at home in east London. "
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" No one reads anything. They just look at images. "
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" I grew up during one of Northern Ireland's most complex periods. "
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