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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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" 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 became a fashion designer to make clothes for the people, not to be a top couturier in the French tradition. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Even when I work with computers, with high technology, I always try to put in the touch of the hand. "

" My design is no design. "

Issey Miyake

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" Design is not for philosophy it's for life. "

" I realised I wanted to make clothing which was as universal as jeans and T-shirts. "

" 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. "

" Clothing has been called intimate architecture. We want to go beyond that. "

" Indian clothes are usually tight. "

" 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. "

" I have worked with several dance companies. "

" I try to be free. The women also must be free. "

" 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. "

" The combination of human skills with technology will always be at the root of any solution to the future of making clothes. "

" 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. "

" I love to be free to explore, research, and evolve. "

" Clothes should fit comfortably - not too tightly - so that you have space to move in and think freely. "

" Our goals must be to find new, environmentally-friendly ways by which to continue the art of creation, to utilize our valuable human skills, and to make things that will bring joy. "

" I like women who have their own idea of life: the woman who is assured, comfortable with herself, strong inside, proud of herself - not in an arrogant way, not showing off. "

" Boys have been wearing skirts for some time now. My three assistants wear mini skirts. They come to work on their motorcycles wearing mini skirts. The French saw the idea on the streets and have done it in better fabrics, and now everyone says, 'Ah!' "

" You see it in the many bouncing clothes that are not just pleats. To make them, two or three people twist them - twist, twist, twist the pleats, sometimes three or four persons twist together and put it all in the machine to cook it. "

" I do not create a fashionable aesthetic... I create a style based on life. "

" I am most interested in people and the human form. "

" The core spirit of Pleats Please is joy, and what better emotion to wear on your skin every day? "

" I was always interested in making clothing that is worn by people in the real world. "

" From the beginning I thought about working with the body in movement, the space between the body and clothes. I wanted the clothes to move when people moved. The clothes are also for people to dance or laugh. "

" By the way, Marilyn Monroe was a size 14. "

" Designers must be increasingly sensitive to our Earth's dwindling resources. It is our responsibility. "