Deandre Ayton Quotes

There are a lot of people building small ideas now. There's an idealization of being an entrepreneur, but the most important thing is to have a really great idea.

I'm coming out with my line of shoes and my very first shoe is called 'The Nethia.' How we came up with the name is that my legal name is Linnethia and we shortened it.

Right now I'm reading every fashion magazine I can find. As a shoe designer, I feel it's my responsibility to learn as much as I can about the business, past and present.

I can't understand the conditions of a corporate product being designed and getting millions. I admire it, it's great, but I don't know how to do that. I have to have the wheel.

I'm not opposed to doing a fashion line, but I want to make sure it's the right thing and make sure its something people actually want instead of putting out a bunch of stuff that's already been done.

I would love to have my own shoe line. That I would absolutely love.

I meet the designers very often, we discuss the products, they show me their ideas, we discuss the ad campaigns and every new invention that we can find for the future.

Definitely, starting my own brand would be really exciting.

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

As soon as the show is over, I always think, 'How will the woman I design for go forward?' It's so important to start quickly because I can't let her get away.

If I had been out in the industry instead of being a college kid who had an idea for another T-shirt, I would have been too scared to do anything.

Fashion is not art. Fashion is a business that requires discipline and attention to detail and very organized systems of logistics and operations and processes. But even with the most smoothly oiled machine to manage the business, without creativity, fashion could not exist.

When I did inventions, I always thought only of the invention itself, but the kids would ask for marketing materials.

Each time I invent something and have it manufactured, it's so incredibly exciting that I can't imagine ever wanting to stop. Envisioning new products is easy for me. I just don't have enough time in the day to design them all.

I've always been obsessed with marketing and media. I always wanted to be a business brand owner. I wanted to create things.

I have my Icy brand, so one day when I do have the time I'll create my own fashion line.

The biggest problem I see with early-stage entrepreneurs is they get the idea in their head, and they leave it in their head. And they begin embellishing it in their head, making it more ornate. They add on the second story to their dream house - then add the tennis court and the turrets and the gargoyles.

When I'm older, if I'm successful at everything, I want to come out with a clothing line.

Kanye is always here in my factory. In the last three years, he has come here maybe every month and worked with the employees 10 to 12 hours a day. [Kanye] loves learning about shoes, both the design and construction, and we’ve tried to design something together. In a couple of months, he could have his own special collection out.

Business has only two basic functions - marketing and innovation.

Eventually, I want to have my own clothing line.

I told myself the next time I had a good idea, I would bring it to market.

Product design is fed by the avant-garde.

In my way of thinking, the world was my oyster, and there were thousands of products that could be developed.

I want to be an inventor in the real sense.