Having plants and flowers in my space makes me feel very calm and Zen. For me, its important to meditate every morning to be very clear in the head, and nature really helps me do the same thing.

I'm not an elitist. I hate the fashion industry sometimes because it becomes so focused on the elite.

I like places where you can dance to crazy music, like Bedlam or Eastern Bloc in the East Village.

Fashion is such an insider's club, but slowly, the playing field is evening out. Through social media, everyone can have a front-row seat.

Uniqlo as a company has always developed new fabrics and is always trying to be innovative. The design is simple, so the fabric is important.

Japan, for me, will always be my inspiration source.

I'm not a designer, I'm a creator.

The dark side of social media is that, within seconds, anything can be blown out of proportion and taken out of context. And it's very difficult not to get swept up in it all.

I am terrible at making food. I love eating, but I can't make anything.

Fans don't lie. They just tell you what they really think, and they see details that even people in fashion don't.

I'm just inspired by different people, friends around me.

I give you the end of a golden string, Only wind it into a ball, It will lead you in at Heaven's gateBuilt in Jerusalem's wall.

You are not in love. Love is inside you longing for expression.

It took me a long time and a lot of heartache to realize that just because you love someone, doesn’t mean they deserve it.

We are now integrated into American society and I don't like the word fashionable, because fashionable means that it's going to pass. It's not like that anymore.

Faith is like a lily, lifted high and white.

That's what we're all sort of trying to do in our lives - to make the simplest things work out the best.

You can go your whole life and not need math or physics for a minute, but the ability to tell a joke is always handy.

Playing as children means playing is the most serious thing in the world.

Phil Hicks was the guy that was in the ROTC, that was going to go into the Vietnam War and thought that was the responsibility of the citizen.

Out of anger comes controversy, out of controversy comes conversation, out of conversation comes action.