Adidas is a very personal inspiration to me. It has enriched my creative life. It's an exchange between different cultures, different ideas, and most of all, it is teamwork.

I think perfection is ugly. Somewhere in the things humans make, I want to see scars, failure, disorder, distortion.

Black is modest and arrogant at the same time. Black is lazy and easy - but mysterious. [...] But above all black says this: 'I don't bother you - don't bother me'

Fashion cannot make you sexy. Experience makes you sexy. Imagination makes people sexy. You have to train yourself, you have to study, and you have to live your life.

Start copying what you love. Copy copy copy copy. At the end of the copy you will find your self.

With my eyes turned to the past, I walk backwards into the future.

A beautiful flower does not exist. There's only a moment when a flower looks beautiful.

Colour disturbs people. I am confident in black, not in light. This dark side of life is attractive to me forever and from the beginning. I am a lazy designer when it comes to colour.

A pair of brilliantly cut cotton trousers can be more beautiful than a gorgeous silk gown.

My role in all of this is very simple. I make clothing like armor. My clothing protects you from unwelcome eyes.

You can say that designing is quite easy; the difficulty lies in finding a new way to explore beauty

You give but little when you give of your possessions.It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.

These pains you feel are messengers. Listen to them.

A matured woman is therefore a responsible woman irrespective of her age, status and qualification.

To enjoy a stress free life, enjoy what you have-not what you think you deserve.

She rested her head against his and felt, for the first time, what she would often feel with him: a self-affection. He made her like herself.

I abhor the profane rabble and keep them at a distance.

No matter what I do, my songs come out in a certain style, and if that sounds like Dead Kennedys, then there's probably a reason for it. Don't forget, I wrote most of those songs, music and lyrics.

I have proven a danger to both myself and those around me when carrying these weapons. I'm extraordinarily clumsy.

I grew up Jewish, became an atheist and a Marxist, and 28 years ago, at age 26, became a Christian.

I think the stress of having to continue to fight the fight day in and day out, whatever it is, that which keeps you driving. You can get to a place where you no longer want to do that.