Our society can no longer tolerate ugliness. You see that in cars, sofas and women. [But] ugliness also has a right to exist.

Influence is a very unpleasant subject and I deal with it in a maybe irresponsible way, which is to really ignore it. It would be a nightmare if we started to really think about it; it would tie our hands, it would tie everyone elses hands.

There is no plateau of resting or stabilising. Once you are interested in how things evolve, you have a kind of never-ending perspective, because it means you are interested in articulating the evolution, and therefore the potential change, the potential redefinition.

The areas of consensus shift unbelievably fast; the bubbles of certainty are constantly exploding.

The work in S, M, L, XL was almost suicidal. It required so much effort that our office almost went bankrupt.

I like fashion, whether or not it's overpriced, because it creates a sense of the sublime with relatively few means.

Our society can no longer tolerate ugliness. You see that in cars, sofas and women. [But] ugliness also has a right to exist.