You can tell if it's a good collection if people are afraid of it. In ten years, everyone will love it.

Comme des Garcons is a gift to oneself, not something to appeal or to attract the opposite sex

I am kind of like the guide, the leader of this discussion. It could be from me, it could be from other people, it could be a mixture. It's a real sort of guild. I lead it and direct it and inspire it.

My energy comes from freedom and a rebellious spirit.

In the '70s, if anything, it was a more interesting time in fashion. It was a time when things were changing, especially in London.

Beauty is whatever anyone thinks is beautiful.

I always just wanted to have enough to carry on. I never had ambitions to take over the world or be a global enterprise. But I wanted to have a strong business in order to do the main objective.