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" I love white walls because white reflects the light and is a great backdrop for art. "

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" Guys want to be cool without appearing to be bothered about trends. "

" Fashion remains closest to my heart. I get genuinely excited by my collections - I never wanted to be a businessman. "

" Chinese people have that superstitious fix - people always do feng shui when they are opening a shop; even the Hong Kong Shanghai Bank pays people to do feng shui for them. "

" My dream home would be a fishing lodge in New Zealand. "

" I think, as a designer, what you have to do is challenge yourself to do what you do, but better. "

" Talent always shouts at you. "

" I used to play football, and then my wife bought me a fishing rod. "

" Your 30s is the time to embrace bold, zingy colour patterns and to follow trends while taking time to get used to what really suits you. "

" Design has always been at the heart of our business. "

" I always promised myself that I wouldn't do catwalk shows until the day I died. "

" We have achieved tremendous success in Ireland and internationally on the strength of our creativity and design skills. "

" Fashion is like a four-legged table: you need a good designer, a very good business manager, a good manufacturer, and a very good distributor. Without all the legs, table collapses. "

" Unfortunately, I used to play in goal, and I broke my hand. Two fingers. The ball hit me and bent my fingers back. I used to play every Sunday. I was quite competitive. "

" To create a beautiful thing with unlimited money is easy! "

" My homes are similar in style because the same design principles run through all areas of my work. "

" My life is about family and friends as well as work. "

" I think natural fibers look better over time. The more you wear them, they look even better. "

" I can tell you every element of every single look from each collection - one to 30 - without looking at a picture: my label is all done by me. "

" I have no idea why, but I find that men make more of an impact on me in films than women - even very beautiful ones. "

" The most important part of my work on The Orion Building was the creation within the apartments of living space which inspires people and the way they live their lives, whether they have bought a one-bedroom apartment or the penthouse. This building is beautiful to see, sense, and experience. "

" My heritage is a huge part of everything I do; it is, after all, part of what has made me who I am. "

" Beautiful fabrics last; synthetics don't. Certain fabrics, such as linen or cotton, develop their own character over time. "

" I made my final collection in college in London using Irish handwoven wool. That is how I discovered Ireland first; I just fell in love with it, really. "

" I turned my hand to costume design a few years ago when I created the outfits for 'This Is the Sea,' with Richard Harris and Samantha Morton. It's a very different discipline to being a fashion designer, though - you have to rein in your own vision and work to a tight brief. "

" I went from fashion to glass in 1995, and I'm very interested in architecture. "

" I still love Birkenstocks. I just think they are the most comfortable things; I even wear them in winter sometimes. "

" It might be a selfish choice, but I find it quite difficult to design for individuals and prefer the distance of larger schemes. It's the same reason why, as a designer, I don't do wedding dresses. "

" When I was young, we always went to our posh cousins at Christmas. My dad made sure we had new shoes and clean clothes - he was really proud - and that's why I felt different from everyone living around me. We had the first television on the estate, the first fridge. "

" It was a very, very happy childhood, but I always knew I wanted to see the world. "

" There was the Cultural Revolution just over the border, and Hong Kong felt quite dodgy. My younger brother's wife actually swam from China to Hong Kong to escape. I realised in the '60s that I had to get out. "