Fashion is something you attach to yourself, put on, and through that interaction the meaning of it is born. Without the wearing of it, it has no meaning, unlike a piece of art. It is fashion because people want to buy it now, because they want to wear it now, today. Fashion is only the right now.

It was also never wanting to be part of any group or movement or anything that was the done thing. I hated organization. When you have a group, you have a leader who is going to put down the rest of the group.

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

Years ago, it was easier to make new things than it is now. The weight of experience weighs heavily, and the expectations; everybody wants to see something they haven't seen before. Now, with social media, with too much information, with the speed of information - all that is making it harder and harder to realize the objective.

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

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

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