The very, very first thing that I wanted was to make a living - be independent and have a job. It might have come later, that kind of reaction to the boringness of fashion.

For me, creation can only come out of a certain kind of unhappiness. They say in Japan, this thing like the hungry spirit - the hungry mind - is what gets you going forward.

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

Every time before a collection, I say, "I don't want it to come out. I want to cancel it. It's not good. I haven't achieved anything."

In the sense that anarchy equals freedom, yes. Anarchy means freedom, but it also means chaos.

The same spirit runs through everything I do.

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