Florentijn Hofman Quotes
I make work a bit like how you mix cocktails - with ingredients like budget, history and location.
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I simply adore getting dressed up for a special occasion. I feel incredible stepping out in luxurious fabrics and a bit of bling. That's also how I feel about special-occasion dining rooms. Because these aren't everyday spaces, they contain all sorts of drama for that once-in-a-while 'wow' event.
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My life and my work are very interlocked. That's partly why I like to keep my private life private.
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Humor's always been the problem of my work, hasn't it? When working, I feel satisfied when I surprise myself. And when I surprise myself, I wind up laughing.
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I am healthy and happy.
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I was about five years old when I was eating soup in our kitchen, and as I was lifting the spoon towards my mouth, it bent and broke in half.
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Your mind is what makes everything else work.
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You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too.
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Everything was in stark and dreadful contrast with the trivial crises and counterfeit emotions of Hollywood, and I returned to England deeply moved and emotionally worn out.
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I am a very loyal man and always keep my promises when I commit to something.
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The relationship with time changes when you're captive.
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I let characters be human and flawed and relatable. When we do things that aren't that great, we can understand it.
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It's been amazing how this crazy career has been created. I feel that it's been given to me. I wouldn't be anywhere without Victoria's Secret.
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Passivity is fatal to us. Our goal is to make the enemy passive.
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Investment in early education is not a Liberal or Conservative idea. Nor should it be decided along party lines.
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I really am profoundly grateful just in general in my life. I've had an embarrassing amount of good fortune.
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As an entrepreneur, what drives you has to be the good news; otherwise, you just don't get out of bed.
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I've been making a diary of the daft things people have said during London Fashion Week, and it does wear a little bit thin, everyone comparing my name to Edie Sedgwick.
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My experience is that's rare - that you have a script that is... what they call 'film-ready.'
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The censors have always had a field day with James Joyce, specifically with 'Ulysses,' but also with his other writings. The conventional wisdom is that this is because of sexually explicit passages (and there certainly are those). I have always thought that what the critics hated and feared about Joyce is his cry for human freedom.
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I'm in my father's car at age 9 or 10 crying to Leonard Cohen's 'Famous Blue Raincoat,' thinking that you could write nearly a love letter to a man who betrayed you by having an affair with your wife. I was thinking how wonderful and pure music can be for explaining situations.
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I find it interesting that 16-year-olds are having plastic surgery. People in their 40s used to think, 'I'm aging, I have to do something about it.' Now children are deciding they don't like the way they look.
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Reformed theology belongs to this confessional tradition, and Reformed theologians and churches continue to write confessions even today.
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I make work a bit like how you mix cocktails - with ingredients like budget, history and location.
