fashion has a right to exist, because it permits people to define themselves over and over again.

Black is not sad. Bright colours are what depress me. They're so... empty. Black is poetic. How do you imagine a poet? In a bright yellow jacket? Probably not.

Those that think my clothes are androgynous also still believe that women should look like Barbie dolls. That's precisely the problem, the deep-rooted assumptions about what is feminine.

Fashion has a right to exist, because it permits the people to define themselves over and over again.

I just wait because I think people will find me. And I’m not the kind of person who will knock on somebody’s door. I wait. If they’re good for me, they will come towards me.

I want to put a soul in a garment. I don't want my clothes to be perfect, because human beings are not perfect.

Jewelry is something that has to do with emotion. That aspect of jewelry really interests me.

For me black is not dark, it's poetic. I don't think of gothic I think of classic - it's a big difference.

A new time is coming both for my personal life, and the brand Ann Demeulemeester. I feel it's time to separate our paths.

Black is not sad... Black is poetic.

Who could imagine a poet wearing anything other than black?

In the Darwinian environment of business, one's most provocative words are naturally selected by competitors to be hurled back at them at the most inopportune moments. Do not arm your adversaries.

But I found that being an artist and doing accurate work is very difficult.

The reality is that the Lord never calls the qualified; He qualifies the called.

You can't predict the future, but you can follow your dreams.

We gentlemen, whose chariot's roll only upon the four aces, are apt to have a wheel out of order.

If you have, give. If you learn, teach.

School improvement is not a mystery. Incremental, even dramatic improvement is not only possible but probable under the right conditions.

About 40 percent of my time is spent on social issues and building new organizations, more for the benefit of the climate or health issues.

Honesty is the first chapter in the Book of wisdom. Let it be our endeavor to merit the character of a just nation.

Stirring is OK. It just depends what happens in the end.