Suzy Menkes Quotes

As a designer, you've always got to push yourself forward; you've always got to keep up with the trends or make your own trends. That's what I do.

The biggest thing I'm seeing - and I have to be careful what I say here - is that people are tired of the old guard and the familiar brands. They're looking for more individuality and creativity, and that's coming out of this whole new wave of younger brands: Thom Browne, Michael Bastian, Robert Geller, myself.

I always have a soft spot in my heart for New York designers and independent designers, people who are doing the fashion equivalent of what I'm trying to do in film.

We're always trying to break the boundaries of what a 'denim brand' can be, and we want to be respected for it.

It's amazing to see things that are suggested in the book fully developed and so brilliantly realized through the artistry of the designers.

The idea is to do out-of-the-box films that showcase my versatility and talent.

I'm hoping to make a new thing for the world that remains in the mind like a new species of living thing.

Fashion anticipates.

I think most of the best new work is intended to have much more impact at once.

There are some designers who flash and burn - Courreges is an example of that. But he still marked fashion history. And I don't think that longevity is always a badge of honor. Modern brand management means that we are always celebrating birthdays, when what is exciting about fashion is innovation, not repetition.

When I finish a film, I want to forget it. I never like to repeat myself. Maybe, when I am dead, they will find certain consistencies in the style of my films, but I never want one film to look like another.

I feel like I'm one of the more creative artists in the game. I think I'm going to be here for a while.

An outgrowth of having a long career is that I have a lot of interesting things around that I get to revisit, and someday get to the place where they become something that I want to do next.

I think the job of an original designer is to inspire.

You can't put yourself into competition with a magazine like 'Vogue.' You have to create something new, something different.

A masterpiece is something said once and for all, stated, finished, so that it's there complete in the mind, if only at the back.

Every time I'm preparing a new production, I'm trying to reinvent my style and offer the audience several choices.

Whenever I finish a movie, I usually go through a period where I think I'll never have another idea. And then, somehow, you get another idea.

In fashion, you need to present something new every six months, but it takes time to study things. Development is very important.

I've learned that you can do something great, but you have to continue reinventing yourself as an artist. So by the time someone else is copying your style, you have something else to offer your audience.

Classic glam is beautiful and will never go out of style, but I like to try to push the envelope and create something new and inspiring.

I'm the creative director of awesomeness.

In fashion, the minute you say, 'I am successful,' is the minute you are going down.

I think one of the studio's characteristics is to embrace wholeheartedly what we feel is interesting; what we perceive to be worthwhile, cool, or beautiful; and to place these ideals at the foundation of the games we make.

Stylistically, things are becoming cooler. People are trying different things and combining genres.