Jil Sander Quotes

I feel that things happen for a reason and open up new opportunities.

- Jil Sander

We look our best in subdued colors, sophisticated cuts, and a general air of sleek understatement.

- Jil Sander

I think there is always a need for pure design. With pure design, you don't need so much decoration.

- Jil Sander

Life is full of challenges and surprises.

- Jil Sander

The apparent pointlessness of fashion may be just what makes it so strong as a zeitgeist sensor. Even I, a designer, do not know why a certain proportion feels dated or why another one feels exciting at a given moment. I leave that to the cultural historians and theorists.

- Jil Sander

Initially, it was the unpractical in fashion that brought me to design my own line. I felt that it was much more attractive to cut clothes with respect for the living, three-dimensional body rather than to cover the body with decorative ideas.

- Jil Sander

The '90s were extremely diverse, almost like a laboratory of the new century. There was much experimenting around, in politics, economics, gender and family structures, and also in fashion. There was a cloud of possibilities which kept us all dizzy.

- Jil Sander

In the end, you can' t talk to everyone.

- Jil Sander

I am convinced that you don't need to spend a fortune to look like a million.

- Jil Sander

I feel very strongly that clothes that fit well make a person feel better. It's maybe half the value of the merchandise.

- Jil Sander

If I had the power, I would ban leggings.

- Jil Sander

I am convinced that there can be luxury in simplicity.

- Jil Sander

It may sound ambitious, but I really hope that modern design will spread all around the globe.

- Jil Sander

I sometimes feel that a pattern is almost a fashion statement in itself.

- Jil Sander

My approach has always been rather sensual.

- Jil Sander

I'm not a gambler.

- Jil Sander

One glass of water doesn't equal another. One may just appease the thirst, the other you may enjoy thoroughly. In Japan, people know about this difference.

- Jil Sander

If you cut a painter's hands off, he'd still feel the urge to pick up a brush.

- Jil Sander

I have a lot of fantasy.

- Jil Sander

Even as a child, I told my whole family how to improve their looks.

- Jil Sander