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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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" Paul Poiret did wonderful things because he was so influenced by motifs, but Vionnet really understood the kimono and took the geometric idea to construct her clothes - and that brought such freedom into European clothes in the 1920s. "

" I am very interested in the culture of paper. "

" I am always looking to the future of making things. "

" My fascination has been the space between cloth and the body, and using a two-dimensional element to clothe a three-dimensional form. "

" Everything is an experiment. "

" 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. "

" In the Eighties, Japanese fashion designers brought a new type of creativity; they brought something Europe didn't have. There was a bit of a shock effect, but it probably helped the Europeans wake up to a new value. "

" Well, what I'm doing is really clothing. I'm not doing sculpture. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Clothes have become more personal, more a matter of very individual taste. "

" 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. "

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

" Many people repeat the past. I'm not interested. I prefer evolution. "

" I am not really interested in clothing as a conceptual art form. "

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

" 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. "

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

" I believe that all forms of creativity are related. "

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

" I respect men and women who age and are proud and don't lose energy. I think fashion forgot those people. "

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

" Polyester is easy to work with and results in clothing that is well suited to the needs of a modern lifestyle. "

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

" The joining of the Japanese with the French should make a new movement. I think it should be good for Paris. "

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

" Frank Gehry not only understood my sense of fun and adventure but also reciprocated it and translated that feeling into his work. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" A few of the influences on my career so far have been Isamu Noguchi, Irving Penn, and seeing the riots of 1968 in Paris. "