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.

Because the fundamental human problem is that people are afraid of change.

For something to be beautiful it doesn’t have to be pretty.

Creation takes things forward. Without anything new there is no progress. Creation equals new.

I've always said that growing up in postwar Japan, I never felt any connection to my work through those experiences. The work I do really comes from inside myself. For me, being born in Japan was an accident.

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

The same spirit runs through everything I do.