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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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.
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Buttons, for me, are very sculptural things, and they are so fascinating.
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The minute you can be predicted, as a brand, you've got a problem.
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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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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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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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Whether I'm at home in London or in Paris for Loewe, I always like to walk to work.
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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'm Irish, working for a Spanish brand, owned by a French company.
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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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I didn't reinvent clothing; I reinvented the edit.
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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'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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To be able to make furniture has always been a fantasy of mine.
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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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Acting is about portraying something... that dedication or learning the script of it is really important in really getting to know a topic.
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I've been a fan and collector of Lucie Rie for years.
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Fashion is an archetype: you're trying to build a silhouette, and that is very similar to building up a building because you're trying to create a new structure, a new proportion, a new shape, and you're using a material to cut which is a bit mathematical. That idea of finding something new in terms of proportion is something that drives me.
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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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I think, in history, everything is about the remix.
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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 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.