71 Quotes by John Rocha

I think my love of form is especially informed by my background, whether this is creating a wonderful silhouette in a dress or finding the perfect shape for a bowl or the 'just so' angle of a table leg.

My Chinese grandmother was a dressmaker, so I always enjoyed dressing up and looking cool.

I want to challenge myself in new mediums; I want to leave myself open to different things.

I don't want to be an elitist designer. It's no fun just catering for a small group of people. It's against my principles.

The day I feel my clothes are no longer relevant, I will be happy to step down.

When I was young, we always went to our posh cousins at Christmas. My dad made sure we had new shoes and clean clothes - he was really proud - and that's why I felt different from everyone living around me. We had the first television on the estate, the first fridge.

Chinese people have that superstitious fix - people always do feng shui when they are opening a shop; even the Hong Kong Shanghai Bank pays people to do feng shui for them.

I used to play football, and then my wife bought me a fishing rod.

My family was quite poor, and the NHS was recruiting people from abroad to do psychiatric nursing. It was the only hope I had to leave Hong Kong.