Adidas is a very personal inspiration to me. It has enriched my creative life. It's an exchange between different cultures, different ideas, and most of all, it is teamwork.

I have my own judge in me....and he`s always judging me.

With my eyes turned to the past, I walk backwards into the future.

Beautiful things are disappearing every day.

Fashion cannot make you sexy. Experience makes you sexy. Imagination makes people sexy. You have to train yourself, you have to study, and you have to live your life.

I only see the faults, flaws, the imperfections. That attracts me.

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.