I only see the faults, flaws, the imperfections. That attracts me. Yohji Yamamoto More Quotes by Yohji Yamamoto More Quotes From Yohji Yamamoto I believe that there are three conditions to a woman’s beauty. First, you must realize that not all women are beautiful all of the time. Sometimes beauty comes on a subconscious level. When she is in love, or has met someone new and exciting, she shines. Second, you must understand that life is unfair. Beauty is something that, for some, must be worked at. The third condition is luck. Some women can just be lucky. Yohji Yamamoto shiningbeautifulbelieve Beautiful things are disappearing every day. Yohji Yamamoto beautiful-thingsdisappearbeautiful Just listen to the material. What is it going to say? Just wait. Probably the material will tell you something. Yohji Yamamoto just-listenmaterialswaiting Generally speaking, I am not interested in the future and don't believe in it. First, I guess it is true that I don't trust the future, but, more to the point, I don't even trust the "myself" of tomorrow, nor, for that matter, of the day after. Basically, all I know, and all I am capable of understanding, is the "me" that is here, now, the "me" that has dragged his past with him to this point. Yohji Yamamoto understandingbelievepast Black is modest and arrogant at the same time. Yohji Yamamoto modestarrogantblack In order to create an image almost similar to that of a pencil case standing up and walking, I try to eliminate all excess by cutting. I have the feeling that this process (of "cutting off") is linked in some way to "elegance". Elegance and so-called "eliminating excess", or the beauty that remains after excess has beeen eliminated... Yohji Yamamoto cuttingfeelingsorder Fashion sighs after trends. I want timeless elegance. Fashion has no time. I do. I say: Hello Lady, how can I help you? Fashion has no time to even ask such a question, because it is constantly concerned with finding out: What will come next? It is more about helping women to suffer less, to attain more freedom and independence. Yohji Yamamoto independencefashionsuffering There is also a schedule to fashion - the deadline is always set. So maybe the fashion business is a good business for me in that way because I'm basically lazy, man. Yohji Yamamoto lazy-manfashionmen To be modern is to tear the soul out of every thing Yohji Yamamoto moderntearssoul I don’t think we should try to make space our own. I believe that as modern people we should live in mobility. We should always be moving. Yohji Yamamoto believemovingthinking I exist here, now. I'm not much interested in the future. Or, more precisely put, I do not believe in the future. To exaggerate a little, I have no faith that I will still exist tomorrow or the day after. What is more, I absolutely detest retrospection. That dislike is balances only by my desire to make my way back home as quickly as possible. Yohji Yamamoto balancehomebelieve I have my own judge in me....and he`s always judging me. Yohji Yamamoto judge-memy-ownjudging People have started wasting fashion Yohji Yamamoto fashionpeople Adidas is a very personal inspiration to me. It has enriched my creative life. It's an exchange between different cultures, different ideas, and most of all, it is teamwork. Yohji Yamamoto different-ideasinspirationteamwork I have no imagination about holidays, vacations, or retiring life. I can't imagine about those things. Yohji Yamamoto vacationholidayimagination At a certain point, I stopped seeing my clothing worn by people on the streets . . . It seemed like they were being treated as museum items. Yohji Yamamoto certainmuseumspeople I'm going to create a very strong scent which can kill a boy! Yohji Yamamoto scentstrongboys I was on a Japanese designers' pedestal - considered a maestro. My design was getting closer to a couturier's work, and I felt like I was missing something. Yohji Yamamoto pedestaldesignmissing I feel like I have become a living fossil in the fashion world. Without even noticing it, in my own collection I have moved away from the street style. Yohji Yamamoto fossilsstylefashion The best moments in my life are just before going to bed. Those are my happiest moments. Yohji Yamamoto best-momentsbedmoments
