My dad only ever talked about two things: bicycles and Mercedes.

I’m very attracted to things that I can’t define.

Robert Gober, for example. He doesn't seem like somebody who is just going to show in a gallery that asks him to show. He's just making his work, and when he's ready, he's going to show it.

If I see a fashion show with literal influences, it doesn't make me think any more. It doesn't make me dream.

It felt wrong for me to stay totally connected to that very strict way of approaching the heritage - what it can be, what it cannot be. That was also the period where I really thought, "No, let's open it up."

My whole life, I've always had to be surrounded by creative things. I find it relaxing to be in touch with creations by other people.

I see my position in that whole Dior construction very differently from my own brand. My own brand will stand or fall because of me. Dior won't fall if I fall. It will also still stand if I'm not there. I'm coming in there and it's like a - I don't know the English word - like a passage.