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

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

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

Work for money, design for love.

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

Many people will say, well, clothes should be worn; but I think people can look at them in public, like seeing a film. I think museum exhibitions are very important

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