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" The purpose - where I start - is the idea of use. It is not recycling, it's reuse. "

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" Clothing is the closest thing to all humans. "

" 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. "

" I always wanted to create clothing that was universal - easy to wear, to care for, and that was also beautiful. As such, I became interested in polyester, and its potential, from the beginning of my career. "

" I like women who have their own idea of life: the woman who is assured, comfortable with herself, strong inside, proud of herself - not in an arrogant way, not showing off. "

" Frank Gehry not only understood my sense of fun and adventure but also reciprocated it and translated that feeling into his work. "

" Indian paper is famous, Egyptian papyrus, Chinese paper... every country has used this natural material. But the problem is it's going to run out because it's very difficult work. "

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

" Polyester is easy to work with and results in clothing that is well suited to the needs of a modern lifestyle. "

" In fashion, you need to present something new every six months, but it takes time to study things. Development is very important. "

" Technology allows us to do many things, but it is always important to combine it with traditional handcrafts and, in fact, use technology to replicate dying arts so that they are not lost. "

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

" 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. "

" Of course there are many ways we can reuse something. We can dye it. We can cut it. We can change the buttons. Those are other ways to make it alive. But this is a new step to use anything - hats, socks, shirts. It's the first step in the process. "

" Designers must be increasingly sensitive to our Earth's dwindling resources. It is our responsibility. "

" Boys have been wearing skirts for some time now. My three assistants wear mini skirts. They come to work on their motorcycles wearing mini skirts. The French saw the idea on the streets and have done it in better fabrics, and now everyone says, 'Ah!' "

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

" Everything is an experiment. "

" Even when I work with computers, with high technology, I always try to put in the touch of the hand. "

" Well, what I'm doing is really clothing. I'm not doing sculpture. "

" There are no boundaries for what can be fabric. "

" 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. "

" Clothing has been called intimate architecture. We want to go beyond that. "

" I feel it is urgently necessary to train people who are capable of tackling the various problems we face today in regards to environmental turmoil and the relevancy of clothing. "

" Think of things that can be created, not destroyed, and that bring beauty and joy. "

" I am always looking to the future of making things. "

" I'd rather look to the future than to the past. "

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

" To be honest, I think we should find first the possibility to make it. Research is first - if you're not interested, you never can find something. Many things happen from forgotten machines - ones that are no longer used. "

" Many people repeat the past. I'm not interested. I prefer evolution. "