Jonathan Anderson Quotes

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

- Jonathan Anderson

Go, Very, Cut, Carving

I never set out to work on the concept of androgyny. For me, it was more about trying to find a wardrobe that would fundamentally appeal to both men and women: Trying to find the right shirt, the right jeans, the right trouser - but on different landscapes.

- Jonathan Anderson

Concept, About, Both Men And Women

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.

- Jonathan Anderson

Door, Fundamentals, Year, Pencils

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

- Jonathan Anderson

Love, Strong, I Love, Deadly

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

- Jonathan Anderson

I Remember, Very, Became, Clothing

You have to be slightly uncomfortable with what you're doing, and you have to be able to try to find moments of newness.

- Jonathan Anderson

Moments, Doing, Slightly, Newness

When I think of Uniqlo, I think of things that are perfectly made, that people have spent a lot of time considering.

- Jonathan Anderson

Think, I Think, Perfectly, Considering

I grew up in Northern Ireland, in the middle of nowhere, and when you are poor, you are really poor. And when you are rich, you are very rich. This is not a new phenomenon.

- Jonathan Anderson

New, Middle, Very, Northern Ireland

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

- Jonathan Anderson

Door, Show, Until, Fashion Show

One thing I think is great is that if you use social media really well - in a natural, personal way - you can kind of see what's missing. You can see when you're bored of something or of someone.

- Jonathan Anderson

Media, I Think, Use, Missing

Part of the reason Loewe has diversified into so many other categories is because what we can't do any more is simply say, 'Here's more stuff you can buy.'

- Jonathan Anderson

Reason, Here, Other, Categories

I love the immediacy of Instagram. My feed really is my train of thought. If I'm really excited about something, I'll just put it up.

- Jonathan Anderson

Love, Thought, Excited, Immediacy

I would say I work very emotionally: I have a very compulsive way of working, where I love something to the moment I am sick of it. I have no addiction outside of work, so my addiction is that process.

- Jonathan Anderson

Love, Process, Very, Compulsive

I'm Irish, working for a Spanish brand, owned by a French company.

- Jonathan Anderson

Irish, Spanish, Owned, French

For me, menswear is an experimental ground to play with something. There is scope to be gained there - you can create a new normality.

- Jonathan Anderson

Play, New, Gained, Normality

I've always been massively aware of clothing.

- Jonathan Anderson

Always, Aware, Been, Massively

We need to articulate luxury differently. We live in the world of the 'like' culture. As a society, we're consuming so much imagery, it's like gorging on sugar, and the only way to find depth in a 'like' culture is by presenting the unknown.

- Jonathan Anderson

Need, Way, Like, Articulate

I read up a lot about ceramics and collect them, but when you make something, it's very difficult to like it. I quite like appreciating and supporting what someone else does.

- Jonathan Anderson

Like, Very, Read, Supporting

When I visit any cathedral, it reminds me of being with my grandparents. They weren't particularly religious, but my grandfather was obsessed with architecture.

- Jonathan Anderson

Religious, Particularly, Reminds

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

- Jonathan Anderson

Myself, Toast, Getting, Normally

Trend-wise, I hope to keep bringing completely new collections to the industry that will make people think and defy the norm.

- Jonathan Anderson

Think, New, Will, Collections

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

- Jonathan Anderson

Me, Process, Giant, Creative Process

I'm completely dyslexic - it's the writing part. People read what I've written, and they have no idea what I'm trying to say.

- Jonathan Anderson

Idea, Part, Read, Dyslexic

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

- Jonathan Anderson

Think, I Think, Became, 1990s

I try to live my life free of regrets, but I do have one style regret that makes me laugh and cringe at the same time. Mum used to dress my brother and me in bright neon bike pants and big baggy t-shirts that were so long you could barely see our bike pants.

- Jonathan Anderson

Dress, My Life, Big, Cringe

I wasn't very good at school and appalling at English.

- Jonathan Anderson

School, English, Very, Appalling

I love collecting things from auction - we Brits really are hoarders and collectors.

- Jonathan Anderson

Love, Brits, I Love, Collectors

I always love to look at something that I couldn't make, because I feel it's enlightening. It means you are not invincible: you can respect something and look up to it and go, 'Wow!' It's a skill that I don't have, but I can understand the merit of it.

- Jonathan Anderson

Love, Feel, Invincible, Wow

Britain and America are two examples where social media will only show you what you like.

- Jonathan Anderson

Will, Social, Britain, Social Media

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

- Jonathan Anderson

Some, Contemporary, Bits, Black-And-White

Everywhere I go, I buy something. I probably have an issue with shopping.

- Jonathan Anderson

Buy, Everywhere, Issue, Shopping

We have this perceived illusion of what the fashion designer does. As an industry, we make it out that this one individual changes the entire face of the earth. I have never said 'me'; it's always 'we.' I am just the big salesman.

- Jonathan Anderson

Changes, Big, Industry, Fashion Designer

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.

- Jonathan Anderson

Love, I Think, Collaborated, Fashion Designer

My grandfather, who's still alive, has always been involved in art, antiques, and things like that. I think I learned so much from him.

- Jonathan Anderson

Think, Always, Still, Antiques

If you're going to collect things because you think they have value, then don't collect. For me, you have to be obsessed, and there has to be something educational.

- Jonathan Anderson

Think, Obsessed, Educational, Collect

I collect craft. It inspires me.

- Jonathan Anderson

Me, Craft, Inspires, Collect

Working with Uniqlo is probably the most incredible template of democracy in fashion, and it's nice that my design can be accessible to anyone, on all different levels.

- Jonathan Anderson

Nice, Incredible, Accessible, Levels

People get bored very quickly.

- Jonathan Anderson

Get, Very, Quickly, Bored

What's so important with fashion imagery and with imagery in general is that it ultimately evokes an emotion.

- Jonathan Anderson

Important, Emotion, General, Imagery

I always try to design fashion that is interesting and innovative, and I like to break traditions and challenge people's expectations.

- Jonathan Anderson

Always, Like, Break, Traditions

I love jeans, T-shirts, and things you can jazz up and down, a bit of a mish-mash.

- Jonathan Anderson

Love, Jazz, Bit, Up And Down

I always think the great thing about shirting is that it goes with jeans, and jeans are probably the most modern, functional garment that ever existed. That is what is so great about shirting - it is an up-play-down-play.

- Jonathan Anderson

Think, Always, Functional, Garment

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

- Jonathan Anderson

Doing, Someone, Having, Interview

Loewe should be a cultural brand.

- Jonathan Anderson

Cultural, Should, Brand

You always need a textural landscape. I think that's what fashion is about, and I think when you come to a brand and you're trying to re-instill its history, the history only comes through being personal.

- Jonathan Anderson

Think, Through, Always, Brand

To restart a brand, you have to make people forget what it was.

- Jonathan Anderson

People, Forget, Make, Brand

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

- Jonathan Anderson

Problem, You, Got, Brand

When I was a kid, I remember the fear of going into big brand stores. You didn't want to go in because you felt like you couldn't afford anything.

- Jonathan Anderson

Big, I Remember, Going, Brand

I'm really into very 'naive craft,' like Second World War playing cards.

- Jonathan Anderson

Cards, Like, Very, Naive

When I was younger, we went to Ibiza a lot because my parents bought an apartment there. I feel like that has always stuck with me.

- Jonathan Anderson

Always, Younger, Like, Stuck

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

- Jonathan Anderson

Big, Deal, Big Deal, Catholic

Fashion is an archetype: you're trying to build a silhouette, and that is very similar to building up a building because you're trying to create a new structure, a new proportion, a new shape, and you're using a material to cut which is a bit mathematical. That idea of finding something new in terms of proportion is something that drives me.

- Jonathan Anderson

Very, Cut, Proportion, Structure

I've always loved collecting arts and crafts - I have pieces by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and William Morris at home in east London.

- Jonathan Anderson

London, Always, Charles, Crafts

Doing something with Uniqlo means you come up with a wardrobe which is universal and quirky.

- Jonathan Anderson

Doing, Which, Means, Quirky

When I first came to Wakefield Cathedral, I thought, 'How does man conceive to build something like this?' It's a building that has transcended time over the centuries, and you appreciate the magnitude of humankind's power and vision. When you're inside, you feel as though the rest of the world doesn't exist.

- Jonathan Anderson

Thought, Feel, Humankind, Conceive

Collaborations are incredibly important in design.

- Jonathan Anderson

Important, Incredibly, Collaborations

The team I have to work with at Loewe is incredible, from the architect to the archivist.

- Jonathan Anderson

Work, Incredible, Architect, Archivist

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

- Jonathan Anderson

Think, I Think, Designers, Taking

Ultimately, I think to be successful in fashion, you have to turn into the most incredible HR person. It's about politics. I'm massaging egos and keeping everyone happy.

- Jonathan Anderson

Politics, Think, I Think, Egos

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

- Jonathan Anderson

Love, Sometimes, Some, Farm

I've collected John Ward pieces for years. Ward represents ideas of nature and of sediments.

- Jonathan Anderson

Nature, Pieces, Represents, Ward

The problem with me and TV shows is once I start watching them, I have to watch them all because I'm so impatient. I need the entire series to be on TV, and then I'll sit all day and watch the entire thing. So I did that with 'Homeland,' and I did that with 'Veep.'

- Jonathan Anderson

TV, Homeland, Entire, The Problem With

My brother and sister were very sporty. They all did rugby. I was very into performing arts. I went to the National Youth Music Theatre. I was one of those singing, clapping children.

- Jonathan Anderson

Youth, Theatre, Very, Sister

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.'

- Jonathan Anderson

Independent, Like, Read, The First Thing

As a child growing up in Ireland, you would have to go to Dublin if you wanted to go to the luxury brands. And I remember my mother being too uncomfortable to go into some of those stores. I want to get rid of the barrier.

- Jonathan Anderson

I Remember, Some, Dublin, Ireland

I grew up during one of Northern Ireland's most complex periods.

- Jonathan Anderson

Most, Complex, Periods, Ireland

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

- Jonathan Anderson

Process, Find, Some, Real Life

Acting is about portraying something... that dedication or learning the script of it is really important in really getting to know a topic.

- Jonathan Anderson

Important, Getting, About, Topic

Everyone has something to learn from one another. When different disciplines meet, it creates this amazing unpredictability.

- Jonathan Anderson

Learn, Everyone, Another, Disciplines

I was very into swimming, but I was never into contact sports. I think it was because I knew I wasn't going to get damaged.

- Jonathan Anderson

Think, I Think, Very, Damaged

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.'

- Jonathan Anderson

Think, Need, I Think, Return

I didn't reinvent clothing; I reinvented the edit.

- Jonathan Anderson

Clothing, Reinvent, Edit, Reinvented

Luxury stores are such a difficult thing because, ultimately, their purpose is to sell, but I do think you can get more out of a store.

- Jonathan Anderson

Purpose, Think, Stores, Difficult Thing

I have a huge amount of respect for all Japanese designers because I think there is consistency and respect to craft.

- Jonathan Anderson

Think, Amount, Designers, Consistency

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.

- Jonathan Anderson

Challenges, Makes, Realised, Risk

For me, fashion should always be evolving so it remains exciting and unexpected.

- Jonathan Anderson

Unexpected, Always, Exciting, Evolving

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.

- Jonathan Anderson

Boundary, Which, Comprehend, Parts

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

- Jonathan Anderson

Always, Been, Mine, Furniture

The minute you see that everything is going one way, you get the hell out.

- Jonathan Anderson

See, Going, One Way, Minute

We put something on Instagram, and it gets reposted, and it's everywhere, and a minute later it's gone, over. I don't see that as a negative thing; it's the way my mind works, too.

- Jonathan Anderson

Mind, Over, Works, Minute

I think I've always had an obsession with collecting, as most people do.

- Jonathan Anderson

Think, Always, Most, Collecting

In London, what I do on the weekend is be a person and have my own life. In Paris, it is going from this hotel to the office and back again. But I love it.

- Jonathan Anderson

Love, London, Going, Hotel

My parents are huge influences on me. My mother was an English teacher. My father played professional rugby and coached rugby for the Irish rugby team.

- Jonathan Anderson

Father, Irish, Rugby, Coached

Whether I'm at home in London or in Paris for Loewe, I always like to walk to work.

- Jonathan Anderson

London, Always, Like, Paris

I just don't ever want it to be nice. I'd prefer someone had a violent reaction to my collection than ever call it 'nice.'

- Jonathan Anderson

Reaction, Violent, Prefer, Be Nice

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

- Jonathan Anderson

Me, Very, Buttons, Sculptural

I am a huge obsessor with photography.

- Jonathan Anderson

I Am, Huge, Am, Photography

I think ceramics are so amazing because they're incredibly educational - you can buy something made in the 14th century, and it looks like it was made yesterday. There's something to be learned there, and ceramics can tell you the history of the time because they're functional vessels, ultimately.

- Jonathan Anderson

I Think, Buy, Functional, Incredibly

Work is an addiction. I've always done too much. It's in my nature.

- Jonathan Anderson

Nature, Always, Too, Addiction

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

- Jonathan Anderson

Things, Designers, Brands, Generic

I find it difficult to go to museums. I prefer houses.

- Jonathan Anderson

Find, Museums, Prefer, Houses

No one reads anything. They just look at images.

- Jonathan Anderson

Look, Just, Images, Reads

I believe that collaboration is one of the most important things in any field.

- Jonathan Anderson

The Most Important, Important Things

Sunspel is about British craft and community - both of which are very important to me.

- Jonathan Anderson

Important, Very, Which, Craft

I feel like if you have balance in life, you have to be consumed by your job because, ultimately, it will never be a job; it will never be something that you feel you're working on.

- Jonathan Anderson

Will, Like, Consumed, Ultimately

I've been a fan and collector of Lucie Rie for years.

- Jonathan Anderson

Fan, Years, Been, Collector

I think, in history, everything is about the remix.

- Jonathan Anderson

Think, I Think, About, Remix

For me, fashion is exciting, and it should be exciting whether you get it wrong or right.

- Jonathan Anderson

Me, Get, Whether, Exciting

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