Jonathan Anderson Quotes
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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'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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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 believe that collaboration is one of the most important things in any field.
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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 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 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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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 love jeans, T-shirts, and things you can jazz up and down, a bit of a mish-mash.
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I wasn't very good at school and appalling at English.
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The minute you can be predicted, as a brand, you've got a problem.
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I think I've always had an obsession with collecting, as most people do.
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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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I'm Irish, working for a Spanish brand, owned by a French company.
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I collect craft. It inspires me.
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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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Buttons, for me, are very sculptural things, and they are so fascinating.
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People get bored very quickly.
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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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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 would say I work very emotionally: I have a very compulsive way of working, where I love something to the moment I am sick of it. I have no addiction outside of work, so my addiction is that process.
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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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For me, doing an interview with someone is like having therapy.