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" Paris is an old and traditional place; it needs new blood. "
Issey Miyake
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" There are no boundaries for what can be fabric. "
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" Clothing is the closest thing to all humans. "
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" The future of fashion is light, durable clothes. "
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" I do not create a fashionable aesthetic... I create a style based on life. "
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" Function alone does not make clothing appealing. "
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" 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. "
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" With imagination and personal creativity, people who sew can design the way they look to suit themselves. "
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" 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. "
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" I realised I wanted to make clothing which was as universal as jeans and T-shirts. "
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" 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. "
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" Think of things that can be created, not destroyed, and that bring beauty and joy. "
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" All of my work stems from the simplest of ideas that go back to the earliest civilizations: making clothing from one piece of cloth. It is my touchstone. "
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" Clothes should fit comfortably - not too tightly - so that you have space to move in and think freely. "
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" Men have been buying my women's coats for years. "
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" Many people repeat the past. I'm not interested. I prefer evolution. "
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" I've never been involved in any kind of political movement. "
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" I started to work with cotton fabrics. I used cotton because it's easy to work with, to wash, to take care of, to wear if it's warm or cold. It's great. That was the start. "
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" Polyester is easy to work with and results in clothing that is well suited to the needs of a modern lifestyle. "
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" Even when I work with computers, with high technology, I always try to put in the touch of the hand. "
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" 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. "
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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. "
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" Frank Gehry not only understood my sense of fun and adventure but also reciprocated it and translated that feeling into his work. "
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" I did not want to be labelled 'the designer who survived the atomic bomb,' and therefore I have always avoided questions about Hiroshima. "
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" I tried never to be defined by my past. "
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