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" I've never been involved in any kind of political movement. "

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" I never thought fashion was the job for me, because I'm Japanese. Clothes! That was a European, society thing. "

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" A-POC unleashes the freedom of imagination. It's for people who are curious, who have inner energy - the energy of life and living. "

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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. "

" When I close my eyes, I still see things no one should ever experience: a bright red light, the black cloud soon after, people running in every direction trying desperately to escape - I remember it all. "

" When I first began working in Japan, I had to confront the Japanese people's excessive worship for foreign goods and the fixed idea of what clothes ought to be. I wanted to change the rigid formula of clothing that the Japanese followed. "

" 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. "

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

" My generation in Japan lived in limbo. We dreamed between two worlds. "

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" 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. "

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

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