In the last 20 years of collecting contemporary African art, I have been bombarded by incredible shapes and colors that I now want to translate into clothes.

I'd love to open a private museum in Paris, London, or New York, but I don't have the money. If I were Bill Gates or Paul Allen, the first thing I would do is build a museum.

I never wear very serious suits. I don't have to because I don't go to an office, so it's fine.

When you take a picture of someone, never show it to them right away. If they don't like it, they may erase it.

If I take pictures at a party, I never get bored.

Before I started LimoLand, I mainly bought my clothes in Harlem, where I found clothing my size in fun colors. I still like to go there and see the vibrancy and colors of the neighborhood. I am also very influenced by the colors of my contemporary African and Japanese art collections.

As a kid I collected stamps, pebbles on the beach, anything. I liked to have at least 10 of something.