Jonathan Anderson Quotes
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My brother and sister were very sporty. They all did rugby. I was very into performing arts. I went to the National Youth Music Theatre. I was one of those singing, clapping children.
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No one reads anything. They just look at images.
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Collaborations are incredibly important in design.
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We put something on Instagram, and it gets reposted, and it's everywhere, and a minute later it's gone, over. I don't see that as a negative thing; it's the way my mind works, too.
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During the 1990s, luxury became something exclusive and elitist. I think fashion got lost. It forgot about craft and culture.
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Work is an addiction. I've always done too much. It's in my nature.
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What's so important with fashion imagery and with imagery in general is that it ultimately evokes an emotion.
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I think I am obsessed with Lucie Rie. I love the way she collaborated with Miyake, who for me is probably the most important fashion designer of the 20th century.
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When I think of Uniqlo, I think of things that are perfectly made, that people have spent a lot of time considering.
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Real life is difficult - some people find that hard to process.
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I was very into swimming, but I was never into contact sports. I think it was because I knew I wasn't going to get damaged.
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I could binge-eat cheese - I love any blue cheese. Make it strong; make it deadly.
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When I visit any cathedral, it reminds me of being with my grandparents. They weren't particularly religious, but my grandfather was obsessed with architecture.
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Britain and America are two examples where social media will only show you what you like.
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I love collecting things from auction - we Brits really are hoarders and collectors.
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I wasn't very good at school and appalling at English.
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I grew up in Northern Ireland, in the middle of nowhere, and when you are poor, you are really poor. And when you are rich, you are very rich. This is not a new phenomenon.
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Everyone has something to learn from one another. When different disciplines meet, it creates this amazing unpredictability.
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To restart a brand, you have to make people forget what it was.
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I collect craft. It inspires me.
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I've always been massively aware of clothing.
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When I started at Loewe, I took a year out before we did a collection because I felt we needed to work out all the fundamentals. The pencils, the door handles, the style of the press release, the stone of the buildings, the choice of photographer.
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I am a huge obsessor with photography.
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One thing I think is great is that if you use social media really well - in a natural, personal way - you can kind of see what's missing. You can see when you're bored of something or of someone.