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" My parents are huge influences on me. My mother was an English teacher. My father played professional rugby and coached rugby for the Irish rugby team. "

Jonathan Anderson

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" I think fashion shows are a full stop. You need a point where there's no return, and fashion shows create a 'That's it; that's the finishing line.' "

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" Ultimately, I think to be successful in fashion, you have to turn into the most incredible HR person. It's about politics. I'm massaging egos and keeping everyone happy. "

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" Real life is difficult - some people find that hard to process. "

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" Trend-wise, I hope to keep bringing completely new collections to the industry that will make people think and defy the norm. "

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" I think I've always had an obsession with collecting, as most people do. "

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" I've always been massively aware of clothing. "

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" I was very into swimming, but I was never into contact sports. I think it was because I knew I wasn't going to get damaged. "

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" My grandfather, who's still alive, has always been involved in art, antiques, and things like that. I think I learned so much from him. "

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" I find it difficult to go to museums. I prefer houses. "

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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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" The first thing I do in the morning is have an espresso - straight up - and read the papers. I like 'The Independent,' 'The Times,' and the 'Financial Times.' "

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

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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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" We have this perceived illusion of what the fashion designer does. As an industry, we make it out that this one individual changes the entire face of the earth. I have never said 'me'; it's always 'we.' I am just the big salesman. "

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" I've collected John Ward pieces for years. Ward represents ideas of nature and of sediments. "

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" I'm really into very 'naive craft,' like Second World War playing cards. "

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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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" 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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" I feel like if you have balance in life, you have to be consumed by your job because, ultimately, it will never be a job; it will never be something that you feel you're working on. "

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" I grew up in Northern Ireland, in the middle of nowhere, and when you are poor, you are really poor. And when you are rich, you are very rich. This is not a new phenomenon. "

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" I'm completely dyslexic - it's the writing part. People read what I've written, and they have no idea what I'm trying to say. "

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" I am a huge obsessor with photography. "

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