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" If you're going to collect things because you think they have value, then don't collect. For me, you have to be obsessed, and there has to be something educational. "

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" Everywhere I go, I buy something. I probably have an issue with shopping. "

" I think I've always had an obsession with collecting, as most people do. "

" I would say I work very emotionally: I have a very compulsive way of working, where I love something to the moment I am sick of it. I have no addiction outside of work, so my addiction is that process. "

" My parents are huge influences on me. My mother was an English teacher. My father played professional rugby and coached rugby for the Irish rugby team. "

" I find it difficult to go to museums. I prefer houses. "

" When I do a fashion show, it's not done until it exits out of the door. "

" I feel like if you have balance in life, you have to be consumed by your job because, ultimately, it will never be a job; it will never be something that you feel you're working on. "

" One thing I think is great is that if you use social media really well - in a natural, personal way - you can kind of see what's missing. You can see when you're bored of something or of someone. "

" Acting is about portraying something... that dedication or learning the script of it is really important in really getting to know a topic. "

" 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.' "

" Doing something with Uniqlo means you come up with a wardrobe which is universal and quirky. "

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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. "

" When I visit any cathedral, it reminds me of being with my grandparents. They weren't particularly religious, but my grandfather was obsessed with architecture. "

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" Working with Uniqlo is probably the most incredible template of democracy in fashion, and it's nice that my design can be accessible to anyone, on all different levels. "

" When I was younger, we went to Ibiza a lot because my parents bought an apartment there. I feel like that has always stuck with me. "

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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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" I've been a fan and collector of Lucie Rie for years. "

" Buttons, for me, are very sculptural things, and they are so fascinating. "

" I grew up during one of Northern Ireland's most complex periods. "

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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. "

" To restart a brand, you have to make people forget what it was. "

" 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. "

" I never set out to work on the concept of androgyny. For me, it was more about trying to find a wardrobe that would fundamentally appeal to both men and women: Trying to find the right shirt, the right jeans, the right trouser - but on different landscapes. "

" You have to be slightly uncomfortable with what you're doing, and you have to be able to try to find moments of newness. "

" Collaborations are incredibly important in design. "

" I have a huge amount of respect for all Japanese designers because I think there is consistency and respect to craft. "

" What's so important with fashion imagery and with imagery in general is that it ultimately evokes an emotion. "

" I've always loved collecting arts and crafts - I have pieces by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and William Morris at home in east London. "

" I love jeans, T-shirts, and things you can jazz up and down, a bit of a mish-mash. "