All of my work stems from the simplest of ideas that go back to the earliest civilizations: making clothing from one piece of cloth. It is my touchstone. Issey Miyake More Quotes by Issey Miyake More Quotes From Issey Miyake From the beginning I thought about working with the body in movement, the space between the body and clothes. I wanted the clothes to move when people moved. The clothes are also for people to dance or laugh Issey Miyake clothesspacemoving Beauty is like a sunset: it goes as soon as you try to capture it. The beauty you like is precisely that which escapes you. Issey Miyake sunsetcapturetrying By the way, Marilyn Monroe was a size 14. Issey Miyake sizefashionway I have always been interested in conducting research that yielded new methods by which to make cloth, and in developing new materials that combine craftsmanship and new technology. But the most important thing for me is to show that, ultimately, technology is not the most important tool; it is our brains, our thoughts, our hands, our bodies, which express the most essential things. Issey Miyake technologybrainhands The purpose - where I start - is the idea of use. It is not recycling, it's reuse. Issey Miyake purposeuseideas Even when I work with computers, with high technology, I always try to put in the touch of the hand. Issey Miyake technologytryinghands Design is not for philosophy it's for life. Issey Miyake designphilosophydeath A great thing happening now in art is that artists are using the figure, the body, clothing, life. Issey Miyake figuresbodyart I did not want to be labelled the designer who survived the atomic bomb, and therefore I have always avoided questions about Hiroshima. Issey Miyake bombsdesignerwant I was always interested in making clothing that is worn by people in the real world. Issey Miyake realpeopleworld I started to work with cotton fabrics. I used cotton because it's easy to work with, to wash, to take care of, to wear if it's warm or cold. It's great. That was the start. Issey Miyake cottonfabriccare The best fragrance is the scent of water, the fragrance of dew and rain falling on plants. Water is the essential element, a source of life and energy. A perfume that, like a garment, moves to suit the woman, her skin. A perfume that embraces a woman. Issey Miyake rainfallmoving Well, what I'm doing is really clothing. I'm not doing sculpture. Issey Miyake sculptureclothingswells Work for money, design for love. Issey Miyake design Many people will say, well, clothes should be worn; but I think people can look at them in public, like seeing a film. I think museum exhibitions are very important Issey Miyake clothesmuseumsthinking Of course there are many ways we can reuse something. We can dye it. We can cut it. We can change the buttons. Those are other ways to make it alive. But this is a new step to use anything - hats, socks, shirts. It's the first step in the process Issey Miyake buttonscuttinguse One of my assistants found this old German machine. It was originally used to make underwear. Like Chanel, who started with underwear fabric - jerseys - we used the machine that made underwear to make something else Issey Miyake underwearfabricmachines I very much like dance and dancers. Issey Miyake dancerdance I have worked with several dance companies. Issey Miyake company I do not create a fashionable aesthetic... I create a style based on life. Issey Miyake createaestheticstylelife
