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

Jonathan Anderson

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" You always need a textural landscape. I think that's what fashion is about, and I think when you come to a brand and you're trying to re-instill its history, the history only comes through being personal. "

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" People get bored very quickly. "

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" Work is an addiction. I've always done too much. It's in my nature. "

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" To be able to make furniture has always been a fantasy of mine. "

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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. "

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" 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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" As a child growing up in Ireland, you would have to go to Dublin if you wanted to go to the luxury brands. And I remember my mother being too uncomfortable to go into some of those stores. I want to get rid of the barrier. "

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" My parents were extremely liberal. They didn't believe in being Catholic or Protestant, and that was a big deal at the time. "

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" For me, fashion is exciting, and it should be exciting whether you get it wrong or right. "

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" 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. "

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" I'm very open about my referencing; I'm very open about who I work with. "

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" I always love to look at something that I couldn't make, because I feel it's enlightening. It means you are not invincible: you can respect something and look up to it and go, 'Wow!' It's a skill that I don't have, but I can understand the merit of it. "

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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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" When I became a teenager, I got very into clothing. I remember cutting Gucci advertisements and sticking them on my wall. "

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" 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.' "

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" When I first came to Wakefield Cathedral, I thought, 'How does man conceive to build something like this?' It's a building that has transcended time over the centuries, and you appreciate the magnitude of humankind's power and vision. When you're inside, you feel as though the rest of the world doesn't exist. "

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" In London, what I do on the weekend is be a person and have my own life. In Paris, it is going from this hotel to the office and back again. But I love it. "

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" 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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" I think, in history, everything is about the remix. "

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" I always think the great thing about shirting is that it goes with jeans, and jeans are probably the most modern, functional garment that ever existed. That is what is so great about shirting - it is an up-play-down-play. "

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

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" The minute you see that everything is going one way, you get the hell out. "

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" For me, menswear is an experimental ground to play with something. There is scope to be gained there - you can create a new normality. "

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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. "

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" I believe that collaboration is one of the most important things in any field. "

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