Indian paper is famous, Egyptian papyrus, Chinese paper... every country has used this natural material. But the problem is it's going to run out because it's very difficult work.

Beauty is like a sunset: it goes as soon as you try to capture it. The beauty you like is precisely that which escapes you.

The purpose - where I start - is the idea of use. It is not recycling, it's reuse.

By the way, Marilyn Monroe was a size 14.

A great thing happening now in art is that artists are using the figure, the body, clothing, life.

Design is not for philosophy it's for life.

Even when I work with computers, with high technology, I always try to put in the touch of the hand.

I did not want to be labelled the designer who survived the atomic bomb, and therefore I have always avoided questions about Hiroshima.

I was always interested in making clothing that is worn by people in the real world.

I started to work with cotton fabrics. I used cotton because it's easy to work with, to wash, to take care of, to wear if it's warm or cold. It's great. That was the start.

Work for money, design for love.

Most of us cling to life as if our existence were a result of our deed or choice.

Don't seek a failure-less life. Wear failure as a badge of honour. Seek a fearless life !

The key to sticking with any diet is learning how to control hunger and manage cravings.

It was in that small lack of movement that Poet could see true horror. A mirror held up to the human race and how it can be manipulated. Ruined.

We could have had it all...

Children and dogs are as necessary to the welfare of the country as Wall Street and the railroads.

I view filmmaking as a director's medium.

I looked at everyone and wondered where they came from, and who they missed, and what they were sorry for.

Love is just like a breeze: it comes, but you should not close your doors to keep the breeze inside.

First of all, you have to understand that I'm like anybody else. When I hear my voice on a record I absolutely loathe my voice. I cannot stand my voice.