The idea was not to make a huge business, because the bigger you get, the more restraints I thought I might get. Number one was to do what I set out to do: make new and interesting things within the size of the business that is possible to do without restraints. The second goal was to do the business in order to achieve the first goal. That's what many people don't understand.

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

For me, I haven't succeeded in any way whatsoever.

Fashion is not art. The aims of fashion and art are different and there is no need to compare them.

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

There are no limits - I endeavor to make clothes that didn't exist before.

I'd make my whole collection with just one square of fabric. I wouldn't do anything else; everything had to be made from one square. This is just one example.