I am convinced that there can be luxury in simplicity.

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 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.

I feel that things happen for a reason and open up new opportunities.

Intrigued by that enigma, he dug so deeply into her sentiments that in search of interest he found love, because by trying to make her love him he ended up falling in love with her.

Glory is the sunshine of the dead

We can't calm waves, but we can steer the ship.

Culture is what we choose to repeat.

Veganism is about nonviolence: nonviolence to other sentient beings; nonviolence to yourself; nonviolence to the earth.

My stuff is my stuff. I do it for my own reasons, using my own peculiar set of guidelines. I'm not a student of the genre. I don't care what anybody else does.

Your work should be an act of love, not a marriage of convenience.

People will not bear it when advice is violently given, even if it is well founded. Hearts are flowers; they remain open to the softly falling dew, but shut up in the violent downpour of rain.

You must make your own opportunities.

The only film I ever made for money was something called Music From Another Room, which I really didn't like.