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Rei Kawakubo Quotes

Total quotes: 10
“I’ve always felt an affinity with the punk spirit. I like that word. Every collection is that. Punk is against flattery, and that’s what I like about it.”
— Rei Kawakubo, ‘The rules are in my head.’
Tagged: Punk
“It would be much better to know someone through that person's work. With a singer, the best way is to listen to the song. For me, the best way to know me is to look at my clothing.”
— Rei Kawakubo, Rei Kawakubo: fashion’s great iconoclast
Tagged: Work, Fashion
“I think it is totally normal and right that there are reactions both ways. Right from the start, I always wanted to challenge people, move them to have a reaction. Whether it is a good reaction or a bad one is unimportant.”
— Rei Kawakubo, Rei Kawakubo: fashion’s great iconoclast
Tagged: Work, Fashion, Polarization, What is Good?
“Punk is against flattery[…] The spirit of punk lies in not ingratiating oneself to preordained values or accepting standard authority.”
— Rei Kawakubo, Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between
Tagged: Punk, Authority, Norms
“This is the rule I always give myself: that nothing new can come from a situation that involves being free or that doesn’t involve suffering.”
— Rei Kawakubo, ‘The rules are in my head.’
Tagged: New, Freedom, Suffering
“It’s not my favourite colour. It has nothing to do with whether I like it or not, but I just feel that black is the strongest colour.”
— Rei Kawakubo, ‘The rules are in my head.’
Tagged: Black, Color
“I have no desire for possessions… I’ve never wanted to collect anything for as long as I can remember.”
— Rei Kawakubo, ‘The rules are in my head.’
Tagged: Materialism, Collecting
“I don't like the word feminist. I don't like the word ambitious. I do like the word anti-establishment”
— Rei Kawakubo, Rei Kawakubo: fashion’s great iconoclast
Tagged: Work, Fashion, feminism, Anti-Establishment
“I want to be forgotten.”
— Rei Kawakubo, Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between
Tagged: Life, Legacy
“You can’t be enslaved to something you choose”
— Rei Kawakubo, Rei Kawakubo’s Radical Chic
Tagged: Enslaved, Choice
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