Willi Smith Quotes

United States, Designer
February 29, 1948 – April, 17, 1987.

Willi Donnell Smith was an American fashion designer. At the time of his death, Smith was regarded as one of the most successful African-American designers in the fashion industry.His company, WilliWear Limited, launched in 1976 and would go on to sell $25 million worth of clothing a year.After Smith's death, his business partner continued the line with various designers creating collections. Without Smith, the company floundered. Due to financial problems and poor sales, WilliWear Limited ceased production in 1990.

Your mind, in order to defend itself starts to give life to inanimate objects. When that happens it solves the problem of stimulus and response because literally if you're by yourself you lose the element of stimulus and response. Somebody asks a question, you give a response. So, when you lose the stimulus and response, what I connected to is that you actually create all the stimulus and response.

Willi Smith
- Mind
- Problem
- Response
I feel like everything in your life begins with physical conditioning. I love eating sweets and stuff like that but I feel like the quality of my parenting is based on my physical conditioning; the quality of my relationship with my wife, the quality of all the interactions I have in my life start with being in great physical condition.

Willi Smith
- Wife
- Quality
- Sweet

I love producing my kids and my wife's TV show. I love doing that. I think that's my most natural space in the business. I would say the most natural space for me is producing or editing. That's just where I thrive.

Willi Smith
- Thinking
- Kids
- Wife
I like to look good, but I like my body to function well more than anything. For me, it's as spiritual and intellectual as it is physical. And emotional. I'm a better husband, I'm a better father, if my body is physically functioning at the highest possible levels.

Willi Smith
Everyone wants to be perceived a certain way, to gain the things that they have decided are the things that they want in their life.

Willi Smith
- Want
- Way
- Certain
I don't design clothes for the Queen, but for the people who wave at her as she goes by.

Willi Smith
- People
- Design
- Clothes
The value of the sport and the value of sports in general, with the life lessons, the ups and downs. The depth of the life experience, what athletes are actually offering to us when they come out and play, if you look at a season and go moment by moment.

Willi Smith
- Life
- Sports
- Athlete