Black is modest and arrogant at the same time. Black is lazy and easy - but mysterious. [...] But above all black says this: 'I don't bother you - do…

- Yohji Yamamoto

Dirty, stained, withered, broken things seem beautiful to me.

- Yohji Yamamoto

Black is modest and arrogant at the same time.

- Yohji Yamamoto

I hate fashion. Or the word fashion, which sounds colorful, extravagant, expensive and gorgeous. “I never wanted to walk the main street of fashion. …

- Yohji Yamamoto

Colour disturbs people. I am confident in black, not in light. This dark side of life is attractive to me forever and from the beginning. I am a lazy…

- Yohji Yamamoto

Clothing doesn’t lie, it shows everything.

- Yohji Yamamoto

Fashion cannot make you sexy. Experience makes you sexy. Imagination makes people sexy. You have to train yourself, you have to study, and you have t…

- Yohji Yamamoto

I always want to have a new challenge involved. I need to put myself to the test, and if I make mistakes, it doesn't matter. What matters to me, inst…

- Yohji Yamamoto

My role in all of this is very simple. I make clothing like armor. My clothing protects you from unwelcome eyes.

- Yohji Yamamoto