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Just listen to the material. What is it going to say? Just wait. Probably the material will tell you something.

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Yohji Yamamoto
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: October 3
Artist
Costume Designer
Designer
Dressmaker
Fashion Designer
City of Tokyo
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You can say that designing is quite easy the difficulty lies in finding a new way to explore beauty
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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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My role in all of this is very simple. I make clothing like armor. My clothing protects you from unwelcome eyes.
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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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There is also a schedule to fashion - the deadline is always set. So maybe the fashion business is a good business for me in that way because I'm basically lazy, man.
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I'm going to create a very strong scent which can kill a boy!
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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.
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Dirty, stained, withered, broken things seem beautiful to me.
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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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The more we possess, the more distant we grow from God.
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In order to create an image almost similar to that of a pencil case standing up and walking, I try to eliminate all excess by cutting. I have the feeling that this process (of cutting off) is linked in some way to elegance. Elegance and so-called eliminating excess, or the beauty that remains after excess has beeen eliminated...
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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 only see the faults, flaws, the imperfections. That attracts me.
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Black is modest and arrogant at the same time. Black is lazy and easy - but mysterious. [...] But above all black says this: 'I don't bother you - don't bother me'
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Men's clothing is more pure in design. It's more simple and has no decoration. Women want that. When I started designing, I wanted to make men's clothes for women. But there were no buyers for it. Now there are. I always wonder who decided that there should be a difference in the clothes of men and women. Perhaps men decided this.
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A pair of brilliantly cut cotton trousers can be more beautiful than a gorgeous silk gown.
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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 have my own judge in me....and he`s always judging me.
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To be modern is to tear the soul out of every thing
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A beautiful flower does not exist. There's only a moment when a flower looks beautiful.
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