I don't think of myself as anyone special, and I would not know how to define myself.

I haven't yet made clothes that I have been totally satisfied with, and maybe I never will.

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

My approach is simple. It is nothing other than what I am thinking at the time I make each piece of clothing, whether I think it is strong and beautiful. The result is something that other people decide.

The more people that are afraid when they see new creation, the happier I am. I think the media has some responsibility to bear for people becoming more conservative. Many parts of the media have created the situation where uninteresting fashion can thrive.

Feeling free inside oneself is being free.

There's always a pattern in order to make a thing, but the starting point must be something I've never seen before. It's not two-dimensional, but it's like a sample. I work with patterns like a sculptor. I try to get [the team] not to work on a body, [but] to work on a free space, on a table. The work is basically on flat surfaces.