The corporateness of the fashion industry tends to take away or distort the freedom of creation. — Rei Kawakubo Creation Copy Share Image
For something to be beautiful it doesn’t have to be pretty. — Rei Kawakubo Beautiful Copy Share Image
Even though it is difficult, it is easier for me to make my own things, by myself. — Rei Kawakubo Copy Share Image
I think the media has some responsibility to bear for people becoming more conservative. — Rei Kawakubo Conservative Copy Share Image
What's interesting about collaborations is the possibility for one plus one to equal three. — Rei Kawakubo Copy Share Image
Creation takes things forward. Without anything new there is no progress. Creation equals new. — Rei Kawakubo Creation Copy Share Image
I'm not an artist: I'm a businesswoman. Well, maybe an artist/businesswoman. — Rei Kawakubo Art Copy Share Image
It's interesting for me to sell Comme des Garcons in places it's never been sold before to people who might not have… — Rei Kawakubo Copy Share Image
In the '70s, if anything, it was a more interesting time in fashion. It was a time when things were changing, especially… — Rei Kawakubo Fashion Copy Share Image
The very, very first thing that I wanted was to make a living - be independent and have a job. It might… — Rei Kawakubo Fashion Copy Share Image
It was also never wanting to be part of any group or movement or anything that was the done thing. I hated… — Rei Kawakubo Copy Share Image
The first thing we do is sit around a table and discuss what we could pick up from daily life, from space.… — Rei Kawakubo Abstract Copy Share Image
I am a clothes maker, and that's all I am. I only want to talk about the making of the clothes. I… — Rei Kawakubo Clothes Copy Share Image
Not only in the creative world but also in the sports world. The most successful achievers in sports are people that are… — Rei Kawakubo Achiever Copy Share Image
When you put on clothes that are fighting against something, you can feel your courage grow. Clothing can set you free. — Rei Kawakubo Clothes Copy Share Image
If you have total freedom to design, you won't get anything interesting. So I give myself restraints in order to kind of… — Rei Kawakubo Creation Copy Share Image
I'm always looking to make something that didn't exist before, fumbling about in the dark, not just while making a collection. The… — Rei Kawakubo Dark Copy Share Image
The monsters I thought about are those that don't fit in - those who think differently from the majority, the people of… — Rei Kawakubo Monster Copy Share Image
What I want to express is a feeling-various emotions that I am experiencing at the time-whether it is anger or hope or… — Rei Kawakubo Abstract Copy Share Image
Clothes are only completed when somebody actually wears them. If they were art, they could be more abstract. As long as something… — Rei Kawakubo Abstract Copy Share Image
The idea was not to make a huge business, because the bigger you get, the more restraints I thought I might get.… — Rei Kawakubo Copy Share Image
In terms of creation, I have never thought of suiting any system or abiding by any rules. In this respect I have… — Rei Kawakubo Copy Share Image
The more people that are afraid when they see new creation, the happier I am. I think the media has some responsibility… — Rei Kawakubo Bears Copy Share Image
Fashion is not art. The aims of fashion and art are different and there is no need to compare them. — Rei Kawakubo Copy Share Image
I don't like the word 'feminist.' I don't like the word 'ambitious.' I do like the word 'anti-establishment.' — Rei Kawakubo Ambitious Copy Share Image
I would have liked to invent the plain white shirt, with a skirt and pants to go with it. — Rei Kawakubo Fashion Copy Share Image
I haven't yet made clothes that I have been totally satisfied with, and maybe I never will. — Rei Kawakubo Clothes Copy Share Image
According to research,when given a choice, babies choose gold. It's my favourite colour after black and red. — Rei Kawakubo Copy Share Image
In the sense that anarchy equals freedom, yes. Anarchy means freedom, but it also means chaos. — Rei Kawakubo Anarchism Copy Share Image
The more people that are afraid when they see new creation, the happier I am. — Rei Kawakubo Copy Share Image
Collaborations have no meaning if 1 + 1 does not equal much more than 2. — Rei Kawakubo Collaborations Copy Share Image
Most of the things I read from journalists are, you know, a little bit simplified and easy. — Rei Kawakubo Copy Share Image
Because the fundamental human problem is that people are afraid of change. — Rei Kawakubo Afraid of change Copy Share Image
My intention is not to make clothes. My head would be too restricted if I only thought about making clothes. — Rei Kawakubo Clothes Copy Share Image
Fashion is something that you can attach to yourself, put on, and through that interaction, the meaning of it is born. — Rei Kawakubo Copy Share Image
I want to create a market where people from all walks of life can encounter each other in an atmosphere of beautiful… — Rei Kawakubo Beautiful Copy Share Image
Often in each collection, there are three or so seeds of things that come together accidentally to form what appears to everyone… — Rei Kawakubo Copy Share Image
In response to the making of DSMNY, a change in the Chelsea store became necessary. My flagship stores always have to lead… — Rei Kawakubo Copy Share Image
I always just wanted to have enough to carry on. I never had ambitions to take over the world or be a… — Rei Kawakubo Ambition Copy Share Image
