Design Quotes

You cannot be who and what you are unless you have a lifestyle, both internally and externally, that is designed to support that definition of self.

I don’t look at myself as a designer; I’m focused on music.

I like the gritty parts of fashion, the design, the studio, the pictures.

I want to design jewelry for girls and guys, I’ma spread it out, but I’ma design, probably when I’m just designing furniture and buildings, I’ll probably being the jewelry thing, too.

We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization.

I started at the very highest level so the upper end is something I know very well. I know it instinctively. But all the years I was designing, it frustrated me that I could reach so few women.

Design is about point of view, and there should be some sort of woman or lifestyle or attitude in one’s head as a designer.

I’ve been designing since I was 8. I started sketching dresses I could wear when skating. I was always involved in all aspects of skating, not just the technique, the choreography, the music, but the visual aspects, too – what I should wear.

I see myself as a true modernist. Even when I do a traditional gown, I give it a modern twist. I go to the past for research. I need to know what came before so I can break the rules.

You have been given everything you need to design the life you desire. You’ve got this.