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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. "
Issey Miyake
Fashion
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" Designers must be increasingly sensitive to our Earth's dwindling resources. It is our responsibility. "
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" I am very interested in the culture of paper. "
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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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" Well, what I'm doing is really clothing. I'm not doing sculpture. "
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" I realised I wanted to make clothing which was as universal as jeans and T-shirts. "
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" If you look back throughout history from the ancient Egyptians onwards, most cultures started making clothing from a very basic premise: a single piece of cloth. "
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" I was always interested in making clothing that is worn by people in the real world. "
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" Indian clothes are usually tight. "
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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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" Many people repeat the past. I'm not interested. I prefer evolution. "
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" Think of things that can be created, not destroyed, and that bring beauty and joy. "
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" There are no boundaries for what can be fabric. "
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" I feel it is urgently necessary to train people who are capable of tackling the various problems we face today in regards to environmental turmoil and the relevancy of clothing. "
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" I very much like dance and dancers. "
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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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" 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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Punch
" 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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Work
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" I try to be free. The women also must be free. "
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" Clothes should fit comfortably - not too tightly - so that you have space to move in and think freely. "
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" I did not want to be labelled 'the designer who survived the atomic bomb,' and therefore I have always avoided questions about Hiroshima. "
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" I love to be free to explore, research, and evolve. "
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" I have worked with several dance companies. "
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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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" I am most interested in people and the human form. "
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" Indian paper is famous, Egyptian papyrus, Chinese paper... every country has used this natural material. But the problem is it's going to run out because it's very difficult work. "
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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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" 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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" I sent 200, 300 of the clothes that I had made, and the dancers chose what they liked. "
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" Paris is an old and traditional place; it needs new blood. "
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