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The more we possess, the more distant we grow from God.

Yohji Yamamoto

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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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Dirty, stained, withered, broken things seem beautiful to me.
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I'm going to create a very strong scent which can kill a boy!
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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 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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Black is modest and arrogant at the same time.
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I have no imagination about holidays, vacations, or retiring life. I can't imagine about those things.
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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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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 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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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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To be modern is to tear the soul out of every thing
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Beautiful things are disappearing every day.
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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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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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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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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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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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I was on a Japanese designers' pedestal - considered a maestro. My design was getting closer to a couturier's work, and I felt like I was missing something.
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