It would have more meaning for me to hear what critics have to say if their values and their ways of living were deeper and more serious..

If I do something I think is new, it will be misunderstood, but if people like it, I will be disappointed because I haven't pushed them enough. The m….

I make clothes for a woman who is not swayed by what her husband thinks..

Comme des Garcons is a gift to oneself, not something to appeal or to attract the opposite sex.

I identified very much with punk, not only in the fashion sector, but in every other sector. The very nature of doing something new and free meant so….

I've always said that growing up in postwar Japan, I never felt any connection to my work through those experiences. The work I do really comes from ….

Years ago, it was easier to make new things than it is now. The weight of experience weighs heavily, and the expectations; everybody wants to see som….

I don't feel too excited about fashion today People just want cheap fast clothes and are happy to look like everyone else.

There are no limits - I endeavor to make clothes that didn't exist before..

For something to be beautiful it doesn’t have to be pretty..

In the sense that anarchy equals freedom, yes. Anarchy means freedom, but it also means chaos..

I am a clothes maker, and that's all I am. I only want to talk about the making of the clothes. I don't feel the need to go out there and explain tha….

My intention is not to make clothes. My head would be too restricted if I only thought about making clothes..

Every time before a collection, I say, "I don't want it to come out. I want to cancel it. It's not good. I haven't achieved anything.".

I always just wanted to have enough to carry on. I never had ambitions to take over the world or be a global enterprise. But I wanted to have a stron….

The theme of the collection this time is MONSTER. It's not about the typical Monster you find in sci-fi and video games. The expression of the Monste….

If you have total freedom to design, you won't get anything interesting. So I give myself restraints in order to kind of push myself through, to crea….

Feeling free inside oneself is being free..

Most of the things I read from journalists are, you know, a little bit simplified and easy..

There's always a pattern in order to make a thing, but the starting point must be something I've never seen before. It's not two-dimensional, but it'….

The very, very first thing that I wanted was to make a living - be independent and have a job. It might have come later, that kind of reaction to the….