Helmut Lang Quotes

If I see something that inspires me, I'll dress like it.

I think we all choose our style from the ether and whatever is out there.

I never wanted to be that fad type of artist. When I looked up to artists, watching TV, I wanted to see somebody. I wanted to touch that person. I wanted to sound like them. I wanted to move like them. That' s what I want my fans to do. So that's why, everything that I do, the music I make, how I dress, it's all based off my lifestyle.

What I've learned is that it's okay to take from heroes, such as Debussy, but it has to be filtered through my own personality so that ultimately it's me.

I think of my drawing style like handwriting: it's a mix of whatever handwriting you're born with, plus bits and pieces you've pilfered from other people around you.

Since I was young, the artistic expression that fashion embodies has inspired me. It's a way to communicate oneself.

Every time I get dressed, I try to channel a little bit of Kanye West and a little bit of Sailor Moon.

My style influences my music and everything around me.

I'm not even sure I have a style! All I know for sure is I don't want to look like everyone else.

The sexiest thing about style is if you kind of just take your personality and put it in what you wear. That's what I think is cool.

You know, all kinds of people inspire me.

I once saw a picture in the paper of John Hegley with 'poet' written on his knuckles, and I thought that was pretty cool, so I was quite up front about it.

The only thing I really recommend, if you're starting out in stand-up is to not try to copy anybody else. You can be influenced by people. I was influenced by Steve Martin and Bob Newhart and Woody Allen, but I never tried to be someone else. I always tried to be myself. And the reason people are successful is they're unique.

You'd have to be completely crazy not to be influenced by and take from other artists. It's completely impossible not to.

I think for an artist it's really important to have experiences, and I've had a lot of those. It's definitely inspired my lyrics and my style, even down to what I wear.

Style is something very individual, very personal, and in their own unique way, I believe everyone is stylish.

I like dressing how I like to dress, and I look like a little art statement.

Music is the doorway that has led me to drawing, photography, and writing.

I think of many people and no one as a muse. I love the way Sofia looks always, and I love the way Kim looks always. Fashion may be part of their world, but it's not their whole life. It's not everything.

I admire anyone with their own sense of personal style.

The most valiant thing you can do as an artist is inspire someone else to be creative.

Fashion is what people tell you to wear. Style is what comes from your own inner thing.

There's room for the Gap, but the joy of dressing is an art.

I was not influenced by any artists.

The things I write are combinations of all of the people that have been influences to me.