“In the depths of the night, fear grips my heart. It paralyzes my mind. But most of all, I feel very, very alone”

Infinity is just time on an ego trip.

There’s nothing sadder than getting to the end of your life and saying, ‘I didn’t do it right’.

It’s a more ridiculing, divisive humor today.

Does your mind feel more and more like teflon? Nothing sticks to it?

You are what you think, geez, that’s frightening.

Instead of working for the survival of the fittest, we should be working for the survival of the wittiest – then we can all die laughing.

My politics are just inclined to be empathetic and humanistic. I grew up with so many different kinds of people with different politics, different religion, no religion, no politics, education, no education, and I was infatuated with all of them.

If you can’t be direct, why be?

There’s so much plastic in this culture that vinyl leopard skin is becoming an endangered synthetic.

Sometimes I feel like a figment of my own imagination.

Remember we’re all in this alone.

Maybe if people started to listen, history would stop repeating itself.

Creating characters is just another way to express a type and put that type to use.

If you read a lot of books you are considered well read. But if you watch a lot of TV, you’re not considered well viewed.

I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.

For fast-acting relief try slowing down.

A movement is only composed of people moving. To feel its warmth and motion around us is the end as well as the means.

Philosophy is really nostalgia, the desire to be at home.

I’ve always loved music and felt connected to it, but was too afraid to explore that avenue.

I feel like I’m wearing orthopedic shoes, because I stand corrected.

You shouldn’t feel sorry for the lifestyle you haven’t tasted, but for the one you are about to lose.

I loved my baby dolls when I was a kid. I used to pray with them and say good night to each and every one of them because I didn’t want their feelings to get hurt. I remember having that connection with my baby dolls.

A new time is coming both for my personal life, and the brand Ann Demeulemeester. I feel it’s time to separate our paths.

For me there is something primitively soothing about this music, and it went straight to my nervous system, making me feel ten feet tall.