I remember being mad about having pink and red shoes. I gew up envying other girls' pink and red shoes.

I’ve never wanted to be called an artist. The term itself seems old-fashioned. It’s a term that does not relate to modern times. And it’s too confining. What I love about fashion is its accessibility and its democracy. Everyone wears it, and everyone relates to it.

I suppose I felt guilty not to be doing something more important, more political. So in a way I am trying to use the company for these other activities.

I would say there is no Prada woman. I'm interested in women in general. I don't have any kind of preference.

Women often don't want to admit that they like fashion. And yet fashion enthralls everyone, from the taxi driver to the mega-intellectual. I have often asked myself why this is. I don't know the answer.

I am in a key moment. I kind of understand that I have to use my work more completely without being ashamed.

Everybody knows that I don't have a muse. I'm not interested in that.