Virgil Abloh

I look at culture, and I see what the kids around me are wearing, and I see a particular style. I understand…

— Virgil Abloh

I don't know where my parents got my name. I'm sure they saw it in a movie, maybe.

— Virgil Abloh

I think my original ambition was to be an artist.

— Virgil Abloh

You can look at Lil Uzi and know he has a strong opinion about his aesthetic.

— Virgil Abloh

Growing up, at high school, we all used to wear Champion garments, which, in America, are standard-issue gym uniforms.

— Virgil Abloh

There's no line between a designer and consumer.

— Virgil Abloh

My place in design history is to sort of interpret youth culture, and I think we've seen that done in fashion before…

— Virgil Abloh

I suck at sleeping.

— Virgil Abloh

I do fashion to tell a narrative.

— Virgil Abloh

Take Tom Sachs as an artist. His brain is more brilliant than anything, so of course, anything he puts out over a…

— Virgil Abloh

I interned at Fendi while Michael Burke was overseeing Fendi.

— Virgil Abloh

I don't have the patience to be a non-creator.

— Virgil Abloh

The whole point of collaboration is that you give and take from each other, and that's how you create things that are…

— Virgil Abloh

My motivation is, in part, a bit of angst that comes from feeling like I don't belong, that our generation doesn't belong.

— Virgil Abloh

When creativity melds together with global issues, I believe you can bring the world together.

— Virgil Abloh

Ironic things are interesting.

— Virgil Abloh

Clothing interests me, but it's not the endpoint of my interest.

— Virgil Abloh

My general premise is not about selling clothes. If that's your end goal, then all of a sudden everything looks the same,…

— Virgil Abloh

I pride myself in collaborating and being a creative director, and creative direction isn't putting my opinion first. It's supporting an artist…

— Virgil Abloh

I'm a kid from Chicago. I know what it was like to see Obama become president. We felt the tectonic plates of…

— Virgil Abloh

I don't do the vintage thing so much, just because it's not me. There are some vintage designers I'll buy things from,…

— Virgil Abloh

Art is made in hindsight.

— Virgil Abloh

I oftentimes say that I design my collections off my phone. I'm in a group chat with my team in Milan. I…

— Virgil Abloh

From my perspective, I'm trying to stand for a generation. You know, each generation has designers who go along with it.

— Virgil Abloh

To me, graphic T-shirts are the most important and most expressive format for a designer or a person. Your taste in graphic…

— Virgil Abloh