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" I try to be free. The women also must be free. "
Issey Miyake
Women
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" I am not sentimental about the past. I like to think about what is next. "
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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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" Well, what I'm doing is really clothing. I'm not doing sculpture. "
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" The future of fashion is light, durable clothes. "
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" In Paris, we call the people who make clothing 'couturiers' - they develop new clothing items - but actually, the work of designing is to make something that works in real life. "
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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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" I have worked with several dance companies. "
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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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" Design is not for philosophy it's for life. "
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" I am always looking to the future of making things. "
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Things
" I realised I wanted to make clothing which was as universal as jeans and T-shirts. "
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" 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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Red
" 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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" I believe that all forms of creativity are related. "
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" Clothes have become more personal, more a matter of very individual taste. "
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" The core spirit of Pleats Please is joy, and what better emotion to wear on your skin every day? "
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Joy
" Function alone does not make clothing appealing. "
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" I make clothing, and I don't care about trendy things. "
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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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" 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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" I always wanted to create clothing that was universal - easy to wear, to care for, and that was also beautiful. As such, I became interested in polyester, and its potential, from the beginning of my career. "
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" I've never been involved in any kind of political movement. "
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" Frank Gehry not only understood my sense of fun and adventure but also reciprocated it and translated that feeling into his work. "
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" The joining of the Japanese with the French should make a new movement. I think it should be good for Paris. "
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" Many people will say, well, clothes should be worn; but I think people can look at them in public, like seeing a film. I think museum exhibitions are very important. "
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" By the way, Marilyn Monroe was a size 14. "
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