Quotes from Jonathan Anderson

If designers are willing to take risks, I think buyers should take risks, as well with press taking risks.

The minute you can be predicted, as a brand, you've got a problem.

I could binge-eat cheese - I love any blue cheese. Make it strong; make it deadly.

I collect primarily ceramics but also black-and-white photography and some bits of contemporary.

When I became a teenager, I got very into clothing. I remember cutting Gucci advertisements and sticking them on my wall.

My parents were extremely liberal. They didn't believe in being Catholic or Protestant, and that was a big deal at the time.

Sometimes you fall out of love with what you do. Some days, you wake up and wish you worked on a farm.

Buttons, for me, are very sculptural things, and they are so fascinating.

I find it very difficult to see the boundary between womenswear and menswear. It's bizarre the ways in which society reacts; they find it difficult to comprehend seeing parts of the body on a man. I think it's fascinating.

When I do a fashion show, it's not done until it exits out of the door.

I think fashion shows are a full stop. You need a point where there's no return, and fashion shows create a 'That's it; that's the finishing line.'

During the 1990s, luxury became something exclusive and elitist. I think fashion got lost. It forgot about craft and culture.

The first thing I do in the morning is have an espresso - straight up - and read the papers. I like 'The Independent,' 'The Times,' and the 'Financial Times.'

I think I am obsessed with Lucie Rie. I love the way she collaborated with Miyake, who for me is probably the most important fashion designer of the 20th century.

To be able to make furniture has always been a fantasy of mine.

If you do generic things, you know, after a while, brands or designers become stagnated.

For me, the creative process is this giant patchwork of information.

For me, doing an interview with someone is like having therapy.

No one reads anything. They just look at images.

Real life is difficult - some people find that hard to process.

I've realised that when fashion is really good and really challenges and takes a risk, it is incredibly artistically powerful. It makes people dream.

Wood carving is such an amazing skill and very underrated; once you cut it, it's hard to go back.

When I started at Loewe, I took a year out before we did a collection because I felt we needed to work out all the fundamentals. The pencils, the door handles, the style of the press release, the stone of the buildings, the choice of photographer.

I'm not the best at getting myself breakfast, but if I do, I'll normally have toast and marmalade.