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.

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.

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.

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.

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 understood books. I did not understand boys—especially alien boys.

There's a rule of thumb in politics. If you're at a point where you're complaining about the other guy being mean and unfair and uncivil, that's probably a sign that you're losing.

I don't want to call anyone an outright winner without having seen everything.

My overall look on things is a lot more mature than it used to be.

He that in the latter part of his life too strictly inquires what he has done, can very seldom receive from his own heart such an account as will give him satisfaction.

Mother Earth is very talented. She has produced Buddhas, bodhisattvas, great beings.

When a business becomes successful seemingly overnight, no one knows about all the months and years you've invested, all the projects you've tried before that didn't work.

I always think about what I missed, and I think that was my driving force - never be satisfied with what I've done.

All Southern women wished of their menfolk was simply to be 'like Paris handsome and like Hector brave'.

Our forests are not for toilet paper. They are worth more standing than cut. That deserves to be defended, not only by native peoples but also by environmentalists.