I love to take things that are everyday and comforting and make them into the most luxurious things in the world.

I think journalists have the right to their opinions but I think their opinions should be based on history and what they see, not what they feel, how long they've been waiting or whether it's raining or it's snowing or whatever.

I think there is something about luxury - it's not something people need, but it's what they want. It really pulls at their heart.

I don't see myself as being as big of an influence as other people seem to think.

I guess when I look over my shoulder at other designers, I feel like people are so definitive. It's so clear to me what their aesthetic is, what they're projecting. And I look at my own work and I think, Who could ever decipher what the hell is going on?

Sometimes there are two very opposite directions, and we go with the stronger one at the end. It's an impulse thing, like, 'Oh, I love both so much, but it's got to be one or the other because the two don't work together.'

Without any kind of real ego on my part, I just thought, I'm going to approach the people I admire and see if they want to do something together.