A lot of people believe that you don't need to know the history and that creates newness. I disagree: we should always be informed and then destroy it.

Are there a lot of designers that matter? The industry hasn’t got a litmus test any more. The whole thing has imploded. Watch it die, like the banking industry

I often ask students: 'Is this what you would show Tom Ford?' and they say: 'No, we'd have done more work' or 'We'd have dressed better.' So I say: 'Why don't you do that here?'

When they first arrive, really, my eyes bleed! It's only when they're about to leave that they become people you might want to know.

I never really liked Italy. 'Lots of cement' is my long-standing quote.

I still don't belong to anyone - I am mine.

A traitor commits his crime but once. The rest/is retribution.

Sometimes good-bye is a second chance. Clears your head. Anyway... missing someone makes you remember why you loved that person in the first place.

Too much good taste can be boring

I love theater. I also love radio. I love language.

To me, cases like that really scream out, 'Hey, it's not out there. It's in here.' There's no indication that this mother is prone to raise very feminine boys because his twin is not that way.

We have too many preacherettes preaching too many sermonettes to too many Christianettes smoking cigarettes.

Anybody singing the blues is in a deep pit yelling for help.

You really can't function as a celebrity. Entertainers are celebrities. I'm an architect. I'm an artist. I make things.

Worrying about the future is a thing of the past. I don't think about it.