I think the experience of feeling isolated, of not fitting in, creates the urge to explore.

Technology is the only means through which you touch on new things.

I have an interest in architecture, although more theoretically than anything else. I think architecture tries to understand what the body wants to occupy, not the body itself.

I wanted to be a pilot, but I was always drawing bodies. When I realised I wanted to pursue something creative, my parents pushed me towards architecture.

My interest in fashion came from my interest in the body as a central cultural figure, not from admiring other designers - but of course I love Mason Martin Margiela, and I love Sybilla.

I wish we could edit our lives, be more selective with whom we spend time and what we spend our money on. To appreciate more what we all have - we appreciate things more when we lose them.

It's not always important to do a "show," but a live element always works better for me, unless I am making a film that goes beyond the clothes.

My furniture is banal and my house is pretty empty. The hardest thing to find is a sofa that is comfortable and looks good. The ones I like are never comfortable.

London scene consists of mostly foreigners. We see ourselves as British in many ways, but not English.

Thank God for the grace of life.

God has given us a message that is not only for past times and this time, but for all time.

It is not an event; it is a piece of news.

The happy story right now is the full page in Vanity Fair, which gives me a great deal of exposure.

The betrayal meant he couldn't trust her anymore, and his heart told him he couldn't forgive her.

Never send a boy to do a man's work; send a woman.

The ones that make it complicated never get congratulated

We know the past and its great events, the present in its multitudinous complications, chiefly through faith in the testimony of others.

Drawing used to be a civilized thing to do, like reading and writing. It was taught in elementary schools. It was democratic. It was a boon to happiness.

I always thought Johnny Carson was just brilliant, and I used to watch him and all the comics that would be on the show every night - and I'd dream about it being me.