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Francisco Costa

Profession : Designer

Birth : May 10, 1964

Brazil is not what you see but what you feel. Once you spend time here - a week, two weeks - you get in the vibe. It's really intoxicating.

Francisco Costa

I cannot live without art: it excites me, it challenges me, and it leads me to the next thing.

Francisco Costa

When a sketch comes into this three-dimensional form and everybody contributes, it's really fantastic.

Francisco Costa

I don't love reading so much, but I love book shopping.

Francisco Costa

I'm inspired by many things, from landscapes to textiles. Art and architecture always influence my design process.

Francisco Costa

Right after high school, I moved to Rio and took classes to become a technician for a manufacturing factory where you had to figure out how to produce 3,000 pairs of jeans. But in Rio, I was by myself, which was very liberating, being so young. I got to do my own thing.

Francisco Costa

Each season I strive to design a forward-thinking and effortless collection with a very clean minimalist aesthetic.

Francisco Costa

All the Tauruses I know have this connection to the earth and the environment. We are very curious people, very loyal, very aware of and respectful of our surroundings. Also, we're stubborn, but that's our way. We understand what we want, which is not bad.

Francisco Costa

I do go back to Brazil once a year. I miss my family.

Francisco Costa

I hate to sound esoteric, but there is something about a house that leads you to that one chair, that one corner, where you just sit and feel comfortable.

Francisco Costa

I wonder if I would have been less organic of a designer without my background. Maybe I would be more academic about designing, more methodical. I want things to be a certain way, and I'm very precise, but school itself wasn't that relevant for me.

Francisco Costa

My mom, she was unbelievable. She ran the whole town. She was like the mayor. There would be 15 people eating at our lunch table. She'd drag people from the street.

Francisco Costa

I came to New York when I was 21, 22. I couldn't speak English. I knew I wanted to go to fashion school.

Francisco Costa

I wanted to be involved with fashion, though I didn't know what being a designer meant.

Francisco Costa

I hope the average woman feels she needs practicality but with a little bit of fantasy. Otherwise, it's just not fashion.

Francisco Costa

I'm not an artist. I'm a fashion designer of clothes.

Francisco Costa

I never liked sleeping; I always think I am missing something.

Francisco Costa

I drape a lot. I cut. I have to touch. For me, it's almost impossible to start without that.

Francisco Costa

I just hate people who are lazy. To be on my team, you have to have energy and a sense of wanting to learn. That really excites me.

Francisco Costa

I have no tolerance for boredom. I spend so many hours in the office, and I still love it.

Francisco Costa