114 Quotes by Issey Miyake

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    We can also cut by heat - heat punch. And we also can cut by cold - extreme cold. When you cut with heat, it makes a mark. With cold, no mark. It depends on the fabric.

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    Yellow, blue and black -- the glittery things, you know, shiny, showy things. I hated it before, this time I had to work on it, this kind of feeling.

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    I think we have to go to the next step. I want to communicate to the people, more than to show my work. I love design.

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    We are not a big company. We sell in New York, London, Paris, and a few other places. Eighty percent of the clothing is sold in Japan.

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    Another one is the Swatch. It's great. They brought another joy to having watches. What we can bring to people in clothing is joy - joy to have it.

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    I knew the Fondation Cartier. It's a very free, very fine place to have exhibitions. The plan was to show working as an exhibition.

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    I like to go to galleries. Other people give me ideas. If I see something I like, I ask. Then I give the artists the clothes, and I forget about it.

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