Virgil Abloh

“I pride myself in collaborating and being a creative director, and creative direction isn't putting my opinion first. It's supporting an artist so they get the most out of the project.”

“The whole point of collaboration is that you give and take from each other, and that's how you create things that are totally new.”

“I like the idea of a fully realized collection with artists.”

“Whenever I'm doing a collection, I'm inspired by the world around us.”

“People, when they say 'streetwear,' they miss the central component, which is that it's real people; it's clothes that are worn on the street.”

“People that are able to think in terms of concepts and offer us valuable forms of art are very exciting to me.”

“For me, as I was growing up, I studied architecture, I was into music, and I always felt that there was a gap between the things that I loved and consumed and who made them and how they made...”

“My place in design history is to sort of interpret youth culture, and I think we've seen that done in fashion before - it's not a new concept - but it hasn't been done with the same vigour i...”

“The amount of random conversations that lead to culture-shifting ideas is insane.”

“I was never meant to, like, work and then turn it off and sit on the couch. I just have a vision, and I'm inspired by it. It's sort of what makes me tick.”

“'Creative director' is a catchall phrase for giving ideas. To me, it obviously means more than that. It's like being a counselor.”

“I think that, in a digital age, album covers are becoming a lost art.”

“There's a part of me that's trying to represent kids that don't necessarily have the same outlet that I have. I'm not looking towards a new demographic. I'm looking towards the demographic I...”

“For me, just as a social recorder of 2016, there's a new girl that emerged that can shop in between Zara and designer and still maintain a sense of her personality and identity.”

“There's no line between a designer and consumer.”

“As a young designer in tune with culture, I'm interested in the lifeline of trends.”

“Pyrex Vision's first season was, for me, an expression of myself as an artist first, designer second.”

“To me, graphic T-shirts are the most important and most expressive format for a designer or a person. Your taste in graphic tees says a lot about your point of view.”

“I don't do the vintage thing so much, just because it's not me. There are some vintage designers I'll buy things from, but mostly not.”

“From my perspective, I'm trying to stand for a generation. You know, each generation has designers who go along with it.”