Jonathan Anderson Quotes
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I just don't ever want it to be nice. I'd prefer someone had a violent reaction to my collection than ever call it 'nice.'
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Whether I'm at home in London or in Paris for Loewe, I always like to walk to work.
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In London, what I do on the weekend is be a person and have my own life. In Paris, it is going from this hotel to the office and back again. But I love it.
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I wasn't very good at school and appalling at English.
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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 love jeans, T-shirts, and things you can jazz up and down, a bit of a mish-mash.
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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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I'm Irish, working for a Spanish brand, owned by a French company.
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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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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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I believe that collaboration is one of the most important things in any field.
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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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The minute you can be predicted, as a brand, you've got a problem.
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I collect craft. It inspires me.
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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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People get bored very quickly.
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If you're going to collect things because you think they have value, then don't collect. For me, you have to be obsessed, and there has to be something educational.
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The minute you see that everything is going one way, you get the hell out.
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The problem with me and TV shows is once I start watching them, I have to watch them all because I'm so impatient. I need the entire series to be on TV, and then I'll sit all day and watch the entire thing. So I did that with 'Homeland,' and I did that with 'Veep.'
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Buttons, for me, are very sculptural things, and they are so fascinating.
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My grandfather, who's still alive, has always been involved in art, antiques, and things like that. I think I learned so much from him.
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Trend-wise, I hope to keep bringing completely new collections to the industry that will make people think and defy the norm.
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Loewe should be a cultural brand.
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You always need a textural landscape. I think that's what fashion is about, and I think when you come to a brand and you're trying to re-instill its history, the history only comes through being personal.