My work since the late '80s specifically questioned what was presented as the 'natural' order of things in the history of post-war-N.Y. painting.
I can't work completely out of my imagination. I must put my foot in a bit of truth; and then I can fly free.
It is not enough to know your craft - you have to have feeling. Science is all very well, but for us imagination is worth far more.
No wonder the film industry started in the desert in California where, like all desert dwellers, they dream their buildings, rather than design them.
After 1980, you never heard reference to space again. Surface, the most convincing evidence of the descent into materialism, became the focus of design. Space disappeared.
I come from a different era and I design clothes for our era. I think of people I want to dress when I design.
A shoe is not only a design, but it's a part of your body language, the way you walk. The way you're going to move is quite dictated by your shoes.
When I am true to my inspiration, even fight for my design, the project always turns out well.
I think there is a new awareness in this 21st century that design is as important to where and how we live as it is for museums, concert halls and civic buildings.
And then, build a bustling wonderful city of the 21st century, with a restoration of a spectacular skyline, which Manhattan, of course, needs. So, that is really the design as a whole.
When I meet celebrities, I have to know what they are like and only then can I design. The clothes have to fit their personality.
With everything that I design, from a church to a plate to skyscraper to a spoon. I am always thinking about voluptuous volumes and spaces.
You cannot design shoes if you only think about fashion; it's too realistic. When I design, I dream.
For two years nobody talked about anything other than the name arrangement. There was no fund-raising and no progress being made on construction and design.
Uniqlo as a company has always developed new fabrics and is always trying to be innovative. The design is simple, so the fabric is important.
Pictures, abstract symbols, materials, and colors are among the ingredients with which a designer or engineer works. To design is to discover relationships and to make arrangements and rearrangements among these ingredients.
I wish you didn't have to design so often. Try to do quality and cut down on quantity. I think fashion is very, very important.
I am equally proud of all of my architectural projects. It's always rewarding to see an ambitious design become reality.
If I wanted to do clothes or if I wanted to make a building or design a choreography, you are able to do that - they are all under a similar kind of design umbrella.
We discovered that there was a great deal of keen interest in America for the kinds of products that we thought could be produced here. Also there was an interest in Britain for Australian material generally.
I've been asked a great deal about the influence I've had with my work and it's impossible to say, you know.
