Jonathan Anderson Quotes
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I always try to design fashion that is interesting and innovative, and I like to break traditions and challenge people's expectations.
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When I was a kid, I remember the fear of going into big brand stores. You didn't want to go in because you felt like you couldn't afford anything.
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Sometimes you fall out of love with what you do. Some days, you wake up and wish you worked on a farm.
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My parents are huge influences on me. My mother was an English teacher. My father played professional rugby and coached rugby for the Irish rugby team.
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I'm completely dyslexic - it's the writing part. People read what I've written, and they have no idea what I'm trying to say.
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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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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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The minute you can be predicted, as a brand, you've got a problem.
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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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I believe that collaboration is one of the most important things in any field.
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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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I'm Irish, working for a Spanish brand, owned by a French company.
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I have a huge amount of respect for all Japanese designers because I think there is consistency and respect to craft.
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I've been a fan and collector of Lucie Rie for years.
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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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To be able to make furniture has always been a fantasy of mine.
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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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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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I didn't reinvent clothing; I reinvented the edit.
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Wood carving is such an amazing skill and very underrated; once you cut it, it's hard to go back.
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The minute you see that everything is going one way, you get the hell out.
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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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I feel like if you have balance in life, you have to be consumed by your job because, ultimately, it will never be a job; it will never be something that you feel you're working on.
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I always think the great thing about shirting is that it goes with jeans, and jeans are probably the most modern, functional garment that ever existed. That is what is so great about shirting - it is an up-play-down-play.