With couture, you feel obligated to design something modern each season, but with Theyskens Theory, I don't question anything. I'm thinking of what I'd like to wear.

We always see the point of an iceberg. So I've always accepted the idea that people - they don't necessarily know everything I am.

Our eyes reflect light. Better that the lips are more like a rose petal.

The only shoes that look futuristic are Crocs, but they would be terrible to use in a futuristic movie.

I am interested in the idea of 'taste.' And by 'taste,' I mean opinion, inspiration and the craft of creating a personality through fabric and design.

Knitted fur is so modern and light, it makes this retro shape cool again.

The aim of being a good designer is to have an influence. If you design furniture or lifestyle, you should influence the way people evolve globally. It's good to have an influence.

I am more used to seeing my work like a big collection, and only part of it is being shown.

My sense of designing is a mix of intuition and intellectual control.

In fashion, we don't often know the prices. We don't have time to go into the stores.

I've admired historical clothes like Victorian gowns since I was a child, and it's what motivated me to go into fashion.

The waters of the stream played the part of the orchestra, and the sunlight provided the dancers. Every now and then a crescendo of wind highlighted the symphony in the clearing by the creek.

His mind was a tapestry constantly weaving and unweaving with the dedication of Penelope for her Odysseus.

The life of a model isn't easy. But I try to keep a good head on my shoulders by staying close to my family and old friends. They're my support system.

I think most poets are natural witnesses and were curious about everything.

Some black filmmakers will say, "I don't want to be considered a black filmmaker, I'm a filmmaker." I don't think that. I'm a black woman filmmaker.

If you have a reputation as a big, stiff bureaucracy, you're stuck.

There are many Christians who are Christians in theory only, and they are worldlings in practice.

Wisdom cannot prevent a fall, but may cushion it.

The contradictory, consuming, contested relationship between detail and whole, event an eventuality, breathes fire and wisdom in every great work of art.

The only habits you never conquer are the ones you put off doing something about.