Beauty is like a sunset: it goes as soon as you try to capture it. The beauty you like is precisely that which escapes you.

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

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.

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

The purpose - where I start - is the idea of use. It is not recycling, it's reuse.

I started to work with cotton fabrics. I used cotton because it's easy to work with, to wash, to take care of, to wear if it's warm or cold. It's great. That was the start.