Rick Owens

“When I'm making furniture I think of timelessness and I think of clothes that way too.”

“A nap is the most luxurious thing in the world.”

“I like dusty scents like patchouli, frankincense, and sandalwood.”

“I've always been kind of fascinated by that whole movement, because, at the beginning, the Italian Futurist movement was utopian. And, in any kind of any utopian movement, the intentions are always honorable at the beginning, and then they degenerate.”

“I was never a sneaker person, and it's ironic that's how I ended up.”

“When it comes to responsibility, you've got to start somewhere - you've got to start small and gradually progress. You can't change the world overnight, but you can take a step in the right direction.”

“I do think that I am making efforts to balance out conservative energy, and the false morality and judgmental attitude that I've always felt uncomfortable with. I do like to tease that. Maybe bring a little karmic balance. But I mean it in the most playful way - not antagonistic, not hostile.”

“I don't fool myself; I know I'm not a genius... I have good ideas, but also many great partners.”

“You can't escape who you fundamentally are.”

“I think what I've always done is try to present a realistic picture of the world. It's the pursuit of beauty, but with an undertone of reality.”

“I do Xeroxes of my past collections and then I draw over them to see where I'll go next.”

“I'm not a Buddhist, but there is something lovely about thinking of yourself in a bigger picture, and thinking of yourself as part of it.”

“I don't always know exactly what's right, but I know what's wrong a lot. I can usually define that.”

“All the women in my life are formidable. I have seen them all step up to handle adversity with grace.”

“I don't like too many cooks in the kitchen, and I don't like committee decisions.”

“I try to make clothes the way Lou Reed does music, with minimal chord changes. It's about giving everything I make a worn, softened feel. It's about an elegance being tinged with the barbaric, the luxury of not caring.”

“There will always be conflict forever and how we deal with conflict is what can help define our character.”

“If I were living with me, I would get sick and tired of it always being about Rick Owens this, Rick Owens that.”

“I think death is part of all of our lives and everything needs to evolve into something else. Anyway, that's my fatalistic attitude.”

“There's something almost heroic in defining and committing to a life decision that will be transcendent and final.”