Rick Owens Quotes

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Rick Owens

Profession : Designer

Birth : November 18, 1961

I try to make clothes the way Lou Reed does music, with minimal chord changes. It's about giving everything I make a worn, softened feel. It's about an elegance being tinged with the barbaric, the luxury of not caring.

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I will still forever be referred to as the Goth guy. Which is fine. Because you know when you look at the fashion calendar I guess I am that more than most. I get it. It's okay. And there is that side. There is a kernel of truth there.

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To me, graciousness is paramount.

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My designs might be considered bold but the foundation is one of benevolence.

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I think the fashion world has gotten as sophisticated as the art world ever was.

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I hate being late. I hate hysteria. I hate last-minute drama.

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My father was very confrontational and an intellectual bully. My mom was a peacemaker who wanted to make everyone comfortable.

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I've always been kind of fascinated by that whole movement, because, at the beginning, the Italian Futurist movement was utopian. And, in any kind of any utopian movement, the intentions are always honorable at the beginning, and then they degenerate.

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I think what I've always done is try to present a realistic picture of the world. It's the pursuit of beauty, but with an undertone of reality.

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Not taking yourself seriously is one of the most elegant things in the world.

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I love the idea of completely collapsing into sensuality, but I'm just too pragmatic.

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I mean, if I'm talking about architecture, I like Robert Mallet-Stevens.

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I prefer e-mailing to phone calls - I like how thoughts can be reconsidered, corrected, and improved in an e-mail. Like an old-fashioned love letter. And instructions can be carefully specified and referred to later. Am I robotic? Maybe.

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Dancing is one of the purest and simplest expressions of joy, and I feel a moral responsibility to enjoy it.

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I think spontaneity may be overrated.

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Naps are a tool I use to pace myself and not get oversaturated.

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Clothes are status signifiers, and no matter how restrained, they always give you subtle symbols of what your values are.

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I started out very commercially, and I never even considered doing runway shows, as I never thought I'd ever be able to afford them.

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I've always been grateful for the acceptance I've got because I know that I'm not always promoting the most popular thing in the world. But I always had an honorable little project, and great people to help me execute.

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I don't fool myself; I know I'm not a genius... I have good ideas, but also many great partners.

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