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

In Comme des Garçons, I hardly do any sketches; there's no fittings on bodies, there's no models that come in and say, "Oh, a little bit like this." In the beginning, there isn't even a theme. It's like getting the whole world at your feet - to empty your mind of everything that's ever happened before, to get an empty space.

What's good about many people liking the work is that when I want to collaborate or am interested in the synergy of artists working together, nobody ever says no to me when I ask to work with them.

I don't feel too excited about fashion today People just want cheap fast clothes and are happy to look like everyone else

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

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

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.