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.

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.

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.

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

The author's alliterative description of politics since the 1960 presidential debates: "Government by Gotcha".

It always seems to the brothers and the father that their brother or son didn't marry the right person.

I usually have a drink before a carpet because I find them really nerve-racking. Usually a tequila. An upper!

I have my moments - usually twice every album - when I basically lose it.

Learn to live with self and you will learn to live with others.

Beautiful people do not just happen

Lack of time is a real health killer.

When you make art, you get really invested in it. When art happens by accident and you were just along for the ride? It's way more fun.

Change happens at the level of the individual