I would really think twice about being a fashion designer if I was young right now, especially being an independent fashion designer the way I starte…

- Rick Owens

I had a lot of classical influences. I had classical music and opera and literature, but I also liked sleaze. And putting it together, sleaze and gla…

- Rick Owens

Allowing yourself to be vulnerable is also one of the most attractive things you can do.

- Rick Owens

I like things pretty reduced. I don't understand how people live with so much stuff around them, because you can't focus on it, and after a while it …

- Rick Owens

You can't stay in one place. If you stay in one place you die. So you have to move forward.

- Rick Owens

Stop destroying the landscape with your outfit.

- Rick Owens

Every jacket I make has interior pockets big enough to store a book and a sandwich and a passport.

- Rick Owens

The coolest thing is when you don't care about being cool.

- Rick Owens

Fashion can be cruel. Style is a gift to others.

- Rick Owens