Rick Owens Quotes

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Rick Owens

Profession : Designer

Birth : November 18, 1961

What I always try to do is bring auteurship to my work.

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I'm still vengeful. I'm still a vengeful Scorpio.

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I grew up in such a conservative, judgy town, and it filled me with so much rage.

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Hollywood is about self-invention, and that's where I invented myself.

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Designing stores is one of the most satisfying aspects of what I do.

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There's all sorts of things that I have wanted to say, but a lot had to do with being an outsider, asking why am I restricted to these narrow parameters of what is aesthetically acceptable?

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I've always thought of runway shows as contemporary ceremonies.

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Ceremonies are about groups agreeing on codes of behaviour and collectively committing to them... Community, responsibility and kindness usually top the list.

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I have been very self-destructive and self-critical, and I learnt how to accept a lot of my faults and flaws and not make such a big deal about it. Just to get over myself.

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I'm one of those people who doesn't think that sandals really belong in the city. I'm kind of a traditionalist that way.

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I have this weird thing where I don't particularly like seeing men's feet.

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I always hate to sound like I know everything and make judgments about people and systems. I avoid making judgments, but I know the system that I want to follow.

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I wanted to be an artist, but I wasn't really confident in my intellectual stamina for it. I was more intimidated by it, and so fashion was kind of the next best thing. It was easier.

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I want to be a 16-year-old skateboarder, even if I am a middle-aged, gray-haired man - although nobody is going to know that because I am going to dye my hair forever - but every man can benefit from a suit, even me.

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I am my consumer, and my consumer is niche. I am in the luxury position to perform for a very small niche in the market. I don't have to accommodate everybody.

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I work out almost every day.

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A lot of my life is just thinking logically how to get from point A to point B in the straightest line.

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My father was so interested in self-awareness and learning. As he got older, though, he just became more frustrated and more bitter and the opposite of serene.

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I was a pretty fey kid, pretty fragile.

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I was never a sneaker person, and it's ironic that's how I ended up.

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