At a certain point, I stopped seeing my clothing worn by people on the streets . . . It seemed like they were being treated as museum items.

In order to create an image almost similar to that of a pencil case standing up and walking, I try to eliminate all excess by cutting. I have the feeling that this process (of "cutting off") is linked in some way to "elegance". Elegance and so-called "eliminating excess", or the beauty that remains after excess has beeen eliminated...

I have no imagination about holidays, vacations, or retiring life. I can't imagine about those things.

The more we possess, the more distant we grow from God.

I was on a Japanese designers' pedestal - considered a maestro. My design was getting closer to a couturier's work, and I felt like I was missing something.

I always want to have a new challenge involved. I need to put myself to the test, and if I make mistakes, it doesn't matter. What matters to me, instead, is making my dreams come true and putting them on display.

A beautiful flower does not exist. There's only a moment when a flower looks beautiful.