London scene consists of mostly foreigners. We see ourselves as British in many ways, but not English.

Technology is the only means through which you touch on new things.

I think the experience of feeling isolated, of not fitting in, creates the urge to explore.

I have an interest in architecture, although more theoretically than anything else. I think architecture tries to understand what the body wants to occupy, not the body itself.

I wanted to be a pilot, but I was always drawing bodies. When I realised I wanted to pursue something creative, my parents pushed me towards architecture.

My interest in fashion came from my interest in the body as a central cultural figure, not from admiring other designers - but of course I love Mason Martin Margiela, and I love Sybilla.

I wish we could edit our lives, be more selective with whom we spend time and what we spend our money on. To appreciate more what we all have - we appreciate things more when we lose them.

It's not always important to do a "show," but a live element always works better for me, unless I am making a film that goes beyond the clothes.

My furniture is banal and my house is pretty empty. The hardest thing to find is a sofa that is comfortable and looks good. The ones I like are never comfortable.

When we walk along the beach and feel the sand beneath our toes and then the surf sends small waves to gently caress our feet

Bricks without straw are more easily made than imagination without memories.

[R]evolutions of government cannot be effected by the mere force of argument and reasoning

As a pop star, you don't have to be that smart for people to think you're intelligent.

Anything imagined can be made real ... given sufficient genius.

I'm enjoying the most perfect tranquillity, free from all worries, and in consequence would like to stay this way forever, in a peaceful corner of the countryside like this.

Shame greatly hurts or greatly helps mankind.

I was voted best-looking kid in high school but, as you can see, things changed. I used to say I was a 260-pound Woody Allen. You can make that 295-pound now.

You have to go hunting to know the excitement of seeing someone get their first deer. It's a thrill for them. It is.

In the last analysis, then, we believe that we all know and think about and talk about the same world because we believe our PERCEPTS are possessed by us in common