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Design is not for philosophy -- it's for life.


Issey Miyake

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ISSEY MIYAKE Many people repeat the past. I'm not interested. I prefer evolution.
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ISSEY MIYAKE I do not create a fashionable aesthetic... I create a style based on life.
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ISSEY MIYAKE Design is a vital component to the enrichment of our everyday lives. Japan has a very rich history a...
ISSEY MIYAKE I became a fashion designer to make clothes for the people, not to be a top couturier in the French ...
ISSEY MIYAKE Many people will say, well, clothes should be worn; but I think people can look at them in public, l...
ISSEY MIYAKE I am most interested in people and the human form.
ISSEY MIYAKE By the way, Marilyn Monroe was a size 14.
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ISSEY MIYAKE My touchstone started out being - and is still - exploring the ways by which to make clothing from a...
ISSEY MIYAKE With your imagination you can wear (them) from the morning to night,
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ISSEY MIYAKE Yellow, blue and black -- the glittery things, you know, shiny, showy things. I hated it before, thi...
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SUE GRAFTON Life is for living not achieving.
DEBASISH MRIDHA Just Be LOVE!
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ANYA SETON Preserve history. Don't delete it.
JOE NICKOLAS PELECH If you're not focusing on becoming so good they can't ignore you, you're going to be left behind. Th...
CAL NEWPORT Sometimes it's better to keep quiet instead of making noise to the air. Make a noise when you have a...
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CHRIS COLFER THE LAND OF STORIES Sometimes...fear does not subside and...one must choose to do it afraid.
ELIZABETH ELLIOTT If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader...
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LUKE EASTER I long for acceptance, but all I get is rejection.
ANTHONY T. HINCKS Summer is for surrendering; winter is for wondering.
DEBASISH MRIDHA Be who your are, do not be what people want you to be
KAMARAN IHSAN SALIH ...is not all philosophy but preparation for a serene dying?
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B. F. SKINNER Never take love for granted, otherwise you will be surely disappointed.
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OPRAH WINFREY If an eagle gives you a feather, keep it safe.
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JUSTIN CARTWRIGHT ADULTHOOD:
IT CAN EASILY BE
missed, mishandled
or WORSE
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