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.

It would have more meaning for me to hear what critics have to say if their values and their ways of living were deeper and more serious.

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

In terms of creation, I have never thought of suiting any system or abiding by any rules. In this respect I have remained free. The necessity has grown, as we have gotten bigger, to think about commercial aspects of the business more and more, because of the responsibility we have toward our staff and our factories.

I don't think of myself as anyone special, and I would not know how to define myself.

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.

Most of the things I read from journalists are, you know, a little bit simplified and easy.