Fashion is something that you can attach to yourself, put on, and through that interaction, the meaning of it is born.

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.

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

The more people that are afraid when they see new creation, the happier I am.

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.

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

Not only in the creative world but also in the sports world. The most successful achievers in sports are people that are really driven and have that spirit of hunger.