Fashion is only complete when it is worn by ordinary people who exist now, managing their lives, loving and grieving.

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.

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.

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.

Your smile is a magnet for goodwill and positivity. In unison with your attitude, people gravitate to happy people!

The right hands of fellowship.

I grew up in a household where everybody lived at the top of his lungs.

I am never unhappy, you can achieve that as well.

Memory is the most malicious cutter of all, preserving, recasting, panning in slow motion across the awful bits so that we retain every detail.

A heart that has lost knows every other heart that has lost. Late and soon, loss is all the same.

Hatreds never cease by hatreds in this world. By love alone they cease. This is an ancient Law.

Chess is a cold bath for the mind

People who say ... they're perfectly fine [are] more insane than the rest of us.

We can take that as a notion that we don't know exactly what [Trump] is going to do, but we can't afford to take a position of waiting around to see.