Virgil Abloh Quotes
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Criticism doesn't worry me.
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There's no line between a designer and consumer.
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I don't sleep as much as normal people do.
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When creativity melds together with global issues, I believe you can bring the world together.
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Every idea that comes to mind I execute, or I look for outlets to put out ideas.
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Everything I do references something that influenced me.
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Music needs a visual element to make it tangible. So, naturally, there's gonna be a synergy between high-level art direction and high-level albums.
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I'm not really into style. I'm more into confidence or having something to say.
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My graphic design skills are superior to a lot of other things I can do; I use it as a part of my tool kit.
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If you look at why people become wack as they get older, it's because they stop doing the things they did that were formative to their work. You can't mentally stay still. You can't not challenge yourself.
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I'd do anything at the right time, and I would also do things at the wrong time if they felt right.
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You can look at Lil Uzi and know he has a strong opinion about his aesthetic.
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To me, graphic T-shirts are the most important and most expressive format for a designer or a person. Your taste in graphic tees says a lot about your point of view.
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The amount of random conversations that lead to culture-shifting ideas is insane.
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Graphic tees are vibes. And I think they're the basis of a lot of wardrobes, but that makes it challenging to distill what you're brand means within a T-shirt.
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The whole point of collaboration is that you give and take from each other, and that's how you create things that are totally new.
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The fashion consumer likes a high-low mix - I want to be a brand that represents that.
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I don't have to choose between high fashion or streetwear. My brand reminds me that it doesn't have to fit in a box. It can just be in a gray area.
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Art is made in hindsight.
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Fashion is kinda a joke. I don't get too bogged down in the clothes. For me, it's one big art project, just a canvas to show that fashion should have a brand which has someone behind it who cares about different contexts. Social things.
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Fashion and music are two great artistic forms that can be molded by the youth culture - our taste and our passion for evolving things in our limited time on earth allows us to look at things with fresh eyes.
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Ironic things are interesting.
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My goal was to tell a dialogue between high fashion and streetwear. So, the name Off-White, in my mind, is between black and white. So, that middle ground is a mixture between both genres of fashion.
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I do fashion to tell a narrative.