114 Quotes by Issey Miyake

Paris is an old and traditional place; it needs new blood.

The joining of the Japanese with the French should make a new movement. I think it should be good for Paris.

I am not really interested in clothing as a conceptual art form.

I suppose there are many, but I cannot imagine ever having a more perfect collaboration than that which Penn-san and I shared. It was based upon mutual trust, respect, and a desire to have our own work pushed to new places. And it always resulted in delight.

My generation in Japan lived in limbo. We dreamed between two worlds.

I realised I wanted to make clothing which was as universal as jeans and T-shirts.