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" The problem with me and TV shows is once I start watching them, I have to watch them all because I'm so impatient. I need the entire series to be on TV, and then I'll sit all day and watch the entire thing. So I did that with 'Homeland,' and I did that with 'Veep.' "

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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. "

Jonathan Anderson

Fashion

Illusion

" Sometimes you fall out of love with what you do. Some days, you wake up and wish you worked on a farm. "

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

" What's so important with fashion imagery and with imagery in general is that it ultimately evokes an emotion. "

" My brother and sister were very sporty. They all did rugby. I was very into performing arts. I went to the National Youth Music Theatre. I was one of those singing, clapping children. "

" Luxury stores are such a difficult thing because, ultimately, their purpose is to sell, but I do think you can get more out of a store. "

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

Jonathan Anderson

Fashion

Exciting

" Everyone has something to learn from one another. When different disciplines meet, it creates this amazing unpredictability. "

" 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. "

" Part of the reason Loewe has diversified into so many other categories is because what we can't do any more is simply say, 'Here's more stuff you can buy.' "

Jonathan Anderson

You

Reason

" You have to be slightly uncomfortable with what you're doing, and you have to be able to try to find moments of newness. "

" If you do generic things, you know, after a while, brands or designers become stagnated. "

" Sunspel is about British craft and community - both of which are very important to me. "

" 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. "

" I didn't reinvent clothing; I reinvented the edit. "

" 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. "

" Acting is about portraying something... that dedication or learning the script of it is really important in really getting to know a topic. "

" Everywhere I go, I buy something. I probably have an issue with shopping. "

" I wasn't very good at school and appalling at English. "

" 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. "

" I never set out to work on the concept of androgyny. For me, it was more about trying to find a wardrobe that would fundamentally appeal to both men and women: Trying to find the right shirt, the right jeans, the right trouser - but on different landscapes. "

" Whether I'm at home in London or in Paris for Loewe, I always like to walk to work. "

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

" When I started at Loewe, I took a year out before we did a collection because I felt we needed to work out all the fundamentals. The pencils, the door handles, the style of the press release, the stone of the buildings, the choice of photographer. "

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

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

" I would say I work very emotionally: I have a very compulsive way of working, where I love something to the moment I am sick of it. I have no addiction outside of work, so my addiction is that process. "

" I collect primarily ceramics but also black-and-white photography and some bits of contemporary. "

" During the 1990s, luxury became something exclusive and elitist. I think fashion got lost. It forgot about craft and culture. "

" When I think of Uniqlo, I think of things that are perfectly made, that people have spent a lot of time considering. "