My approach has always been rather sensual.

We look our best in subdued colors, sophisticated cuts, and a general air of sleek understatement.

If I had the power, I would ban leggings.

I like femininity, not of the devout, but of the self-assured, cool and sophisticated kind.

I am convinced that there can be luxury in simplicity.

I think there is always a need for pure design. With pure design, you don't need so much decoration.

I feel very strongly that clothes that fit well make a person feel better. It's maybe half the value of the merchandise.

In the end, you can' t talk to everyone.

One glass of water doesn't equal another. One may just appease the thirst, the other you may enjoy thoroughly. In Japan, people know about this difference.

It may sound ambitious, but I really hope that modern design will spread all around the globe.

I sometimes feel that a pattern is almost a fashion statement in itself.

Commitment is the foundation of focus.

You have done well so far, my magnificent creature. Soon you will be with me.

I dream my painting and then I paint my dream.

Expectations are resentment waiting to happen.

People are really happier with friends than they are with their families or their spouse or their child.

A wise soul once declared that the ultimate power of the writer is that he has the choice of whom he wants to be co-opted by.

Ignorance is a voluntary condition.

I love a good pop song. I have no problem with the concept of doing that sort of thing. For me, it's usually what I'm inspired by, what I'm thinking about.

I'm not sober. I haven't done drugs in 3 1/2 years, so I call myself clean.

In spite of this trial, which takes all enjoyment from me, I can never the less, cry out, 'Lord, you fill me with joy in all that you do. For is there a joy greater than to suffer for love?'