Jonathan Anderson Quotes
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I wasn't very good at school and appalling at English.
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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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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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Real life is difficult - some people find that hard to process.
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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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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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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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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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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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Whether I'm at home in London or in Paris for Loewe, I always like to walk to work.
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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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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 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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I collect craft. It inspires me.
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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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I believe that collaboration is one of the most important things in any field.
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I've been a fan and collector of Lucie Rie for years.
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People get bored very quickly.
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To be able to make furniture has always been a fantasy of mine.
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The minute you see that everything is going one way, you get the hell out.
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I didn't reinvent clothing; I reinvented the edit.
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I think, in history, everything is about the remix.