I work in three shades of black.
The most successful achievers in sports are people that are really driven and have that spirit of hunger.
When you put on clothes that are fighting against something, you can feel your courage grow. Clothing can set you free.
I can understand how some women want to marry a rich man. They may be happy for the rest of their lives, but they will never be free.
The first thing you need in order to make a business viable is to preserve a cash flow. I made sure I didn't have any financial backing or support.
I don't like the word 'feminist.' I don't like the word 'ambitious.' I do like the word 'anti-establishment.'
I'm not very happy to be classified as another Japanese designer. There is no one characteristic that all Japanese designers have.
What someone wears is an expression of oneself. When you're just comfortable with what you're wearing, you don't have new thoughts. I want people to feel something and think about who they are.
My design process never starts or finishes. I am always hoping to find something through the mere act of living my daily life. I do not work from a desk and do not have an exact starting point for any collection.
I am not aware I am an icon.
Growing up in postwar Japan has made me the person I am, but it is not why I do the work I do. It is a very personal thing - everything comes from inside.
Creation takes things forward. Without anything new there is no progress. Creation equals new.
The more people that are afraid when they see new creation, the happier I am.
I want to show people that tailoring has value, which I don't see anymore in men's fashion.
I've always said that, growing up in postwar Japan, I never felt any connection to my work through those experiences. The work I do really comes from inside myself. For me, being born in Japan was an accident.
My intention is not to make clothes. My head would be too restricted if I only thought about making clothes.
It's interesting for me to sell Comme des Garcons in places it's never been sold before to people who might not have heard of Comme des Garcons.
I think the media has some responsibility to bear for people becoming more conservative.
I only came to Paris with the intention of showing what I thought was strong and beautiful. It just so happened that my notion was different from everybody else's.
I'm not an artist: I'm a businesswoman. Well, maybe an artist/businesswoman.
