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With my eyes turned to the past, I walk backwards into the future.
Yohji Yamamoto
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Yohji Yamamoto
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: October 3
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Fashion Designer
City of Tokyo
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I exist here, now. I'm not much interested in the future. Or, more precisely put, I do not believe in the future. To exaggerate a little, I have no faith that I will still exist tomorrow or the day after. What is more, I absolutely detest retrospection. That dislike is balances only by my desire to make my way back home as quickly as possible.
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Fashion is only complete when it is worn by ordinary people who exist now, managing their lives, loving and grieving.
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I think perfection is ugly. Somewhere in the things humans make, I want to see scars, failure, disorder, distortion.
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If you feel strongly about someone, go up to them. Pursue what you want in life. Why be shy about something like that?
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I don’t think we should try to make space our own. I believe that as modern people we should live in mobility. We should always be moving.
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I only see the faults, flaws, the imperfections. That attracts me.
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A pair of brilliantly cut cotton trousers can be more beautiful than a gorgeous silk gown.
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Start copying what you love. Copy copy copy copy. At the end of the copy you will find your self.
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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.
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Colour disturbs people. I am confident in black, not in light. This dark side of life is attractive to me forever and from the beginning. I am a lazy designer when it comes to colour.
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I hate fashion. Or the word fashion, which sounds colorful, extravagant, expensive and gorgeous. “I never wanted to walk the main street of fashion. I have been walking the sidewalks of fashion from the beginning, so I’m a bit dark.
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The best moments in my life are just before going to bed. Those are my happiest moments.
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A beautiful flower does not exist. There's only a moment when a flower looks beautiful.
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I'm going to create a very strong scent which can kill a boy!
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I have my own judge in me....and he`s always judging me.
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I want to achieve anti-fashion through fashion. That's why I'm always heading in my own direction, in parallel to fashion.
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It meant something to me – the idea of a coat guarding and hiding a woman’s body. For me, a woman who is absorbed in her work, who does not care about gaining one’s favor, strong yet subtle at the same time, is essentially more seductive. The more she hides and abandons her femininity, the more it emerges from the very heart of her existence.
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