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" I love to be free to explore, research, and evolve. "
Issey Miyake
Explore
Evolve
Free
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" A-POC respects that there is a fine balance between the value of the human touch, which can be called artisanal, and the abilities of technology. I like to think of it as poesy and technology. "
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" Clothes have become more personal, more a matter of very individual taste. "
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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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" Designers must be increasingly sensitive to our Earth's dwindling resources. It is our responsibility. "
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" Many people repeat the past. I'm not interested. I prefer evolution. "
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" When I first began working in Japan, I had to confront the Japanese people's excessive worship for foreign goods and the fixed idea of what clothes ought to be. I wanted to change the rigid formula of clothing that the Japanese followed. "
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" I respect men and women who age and are proud and don't lose energy. I think fashion forgot those people. "
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" Paris is an old and traditional place; it needs new blood. "
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" There are no boundaries for what can be fabric. "
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Boundaries
No Boundaries
" Most of us feel some kind of uncertainty, with the population increasing and resources decreasing. We have to face these issues. "
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" To be honest, I think we should find first the possibility to make it. Research is first - if you're not interested, you never can find something. Many things happen from forgotten machines - ones that are no longer used. "
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Things Happen
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You
" Think of things that can be created, not destroyed, and that bring beauty and joy. "
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" I'd rather look to the future than to the past. "
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Look
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Rather
" When I close my eyes, I still see things no one should ever experience: a bright red light, the black cloud soon after, people running in every direction trying desperately to escape - I remember it all. "
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Eyes
Experience
Red
" 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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" We can also cut by heat - heat punch. And we also can cut by cold - extreme cold. When you cut with heat, it makes a mark. With cold, no mark. It depends on the fabric. "
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Mark
Cold
Punch
" I realised I wanted to make clothing which was as universal as jeans and T-shirts. "
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Clothing
Universal
Jeans
" Clothing is the closest thing to all humans. "
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Closest
Thing
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" Well, what I'm doing is really clothing. I'm not doing sculpture. "
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Doing
" We have to keep a very tight check on quality. "
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Quality
Check
Very
" The future of fashion is light, durable clothes. "
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" I make clothing, and I don't care about trendy things. "
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" Even when I work with computers, with high technology, I always try to put in the touch of the hand. "
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Work
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" Men have been buying my women's coats for years. "
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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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" 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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" Retire? Never! We are far too busy! "
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" I became a fashion designer to make clothes for the people, not to be a top couturier in the French tradition. "
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" We yearn for the beautiful, the unknown, and the mysterious. "
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