Creativity to me is the life force that is in us. It’s an animalistic instinct for survival.

New York. Truly, this is the only city that I feel this energy. Everyone is accepted. This is the first place that I felt open and that I can do everything.

I worked in a boutique after work, my second job, selling women's clothes. And that was a way of not just making money but meeting women. That was very exciting job. I loved that job.

You can only be connected to others if you are connected to yourself and the truth inside.

I got involved in fashion by accident. When I got to New York, my intention was to have enough money to eat and to stay and I don't have to leave. I just loved New York - the energy, the culture, the freedom.

Even a kick in the ass is good when you're facing the right direction.

It doesn't matter if it's raining and dark. The sun is shining above the clouds.