“From the beginning I thought about working with the body in movement, the space between the body and clothes. I wanted the clothes to move when people moved. The clothes are also for people to danc...”

“Even when I work with computers, with high technology, I always try to put in the touch of the hand.”

“Indian paper is famous, Egyptian papyrus, Chinese paper... every country has used this natural material. But the problem is it's going to run out because it's very difficult work.”

“Clothing has been called intimate architecture. We want to go beyond that.”

“With imagination and personal creativity, people who sew can design the way they look to suit themselves.”

“Design is a vital component to the enrichment of our everyday lives. Japan has a very rich history and culture of design, and I feel it is a very important dialogue to open and keep evolving.”

“I don't like work--no man does--but I like what is in the work--the chance to find yourself. Your own reality--for yourself not for others--what no other man can ever know. They can only see the me...”

“Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.”

“Earning happiness means doing good and working, not speculating and being lazy. Laziness may look inviting, but only work gives you true satisfaction.”

“The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.”

“Trust starts with truth and ends with truth.”

“And an unaware witch means a witch who doesn't know she's a witch, and because she's a women that makes her double trouble. Never trust a women." My mothers a women," I said, suddenly feeling a lit...”

“Collaboration is an inside-out mindset. It has to start on the inside, with the Heart.”

“When your heart is right, you want to bring out the best in others.”

“Collaboration has no hierarchy. The Sun collaborates with soil to bring flowers on the earth.”