Quotes by Designers

Design has always been at the heart of our business. John Rocha

Business Heart Design Our Always Been

I love fashion, but fashion is not my whole life. John Rocha

Life Love Fashion Whole

I always promised myself that I wouldn't do catwalk shows until the day I died. John Rocha

Myself Day Promised Until Always Died Shows

I want to challenge myself in new mediums; I want to leave myself open to different things. John Rocha

Myself Challenge Mediums Open New Leave Different Want Different Things Things

I went from fashion to glass in 1995, and I'm very interested in architecture. John Rocha

Fashion Architecture Glass Very Interested

My most precious possession is a 13.5-feet-long fishing rod, made by an American firm called Loomis. John Rocha

Made Possession Firm Most Fishing Rod Precious American

There was the Cultural Revolution just over the border, and Hong Kong felt quite dodgy. My younger brother's wife actually swam from China to Hong Kong to escape. I realised in the '60s that I had to get out. John Rocha

Wife Revolution Hong Kong Out Border Brother Had Over Felt Kong Cultural Escape Get Quite Just Realised China Younger Actually

My dream home would be a fishing lodge in New Zealand. John Rocha

Home Lodge Dream Would Would-Be New Fishing New Zealand Zealand

It might be a selfish choice, but I find it quite difficult to design for individuals and prefer the distance of larger schemes. It's the same reason why, as a designer, I don't do wedding dresses. John Rocha

Selfish Design Difficult Distance Find Dresses Wedding Schemes Individuals Same Quite Prefer Might Choice Reason Why Larger Designer

I will never see myself as a businessman. I'm a designer. I have to be true to what I believe. John Rocha

Myself Will Be True Believe See Never True Businessman Designer

Talent always shouts at you. John Rocha

You Talent Always

I think, as a designer, what you have to do is challenge yourself to do what you do, but better. John Rocha

You Yourself Better Challenge Think Designer

To create a beautiful thing with unlimited money is easy! John Rocha

Beautiful Money Unlimited Easy Beautiful Thing Create Thing

I used to play football, and then my wife bought me a fishing rod. John Rocha

Me Wife Football Bought Fishing Rod Then Used Play Play Football

I can speak Cantonese, but I can't speak about fashion - I learnt all my fashion in Europe, so often, during interviews in Chinese I just don't know the right word - it can be very hard to explain things. John Rocha

Fashion Speak Word Interviews Right Word About Know Learnt Very Often Just Explain Chinese Hard Europe Right Things

I love my black shirts; I have usually 14 of them at any one time. John Rocha

Love Time Black One Time Shirts Any Them

I want to explore my design philosophy in different mediums, and I'm very interested in architecture. John Rocha

Architecture Design Mediums Philosophy Very Different Want Interested Explore

The day I feel my clothes are no longer relevant, I will be happy to step down. John Rocha

Day Be Happy Happy Will Clothes Down Relevant Step Feel Longer

One thing I learned from all my years in business is you really have to work with the experts: you can launch something yourself, but unless you have the expertise and the marketing strategies and machinery behind you, you'll never be successful. John Rocha

For me, growing up in Detroit, scarves meant cold weather. But I remember working in a store, and we had some silk scarves - like, wide scarves with fringe - and because I had seen the English rockers wearing skinny silk scarves, I took the scarves, cut and sewed them, and made them long - almost like a tie. John Varvatos

Me Remember Made Weather Long Seen Cold Cold Weather Took Wearing Some Silk Detroit Had Almost Like Tie Because Rockers Up Fringe Store Them Cut Working Meant Skinny English Growing Growing Up Wide

I like someone who has a little bad boy in them, a little edge. John Varvatos

Edge Bad Bad Boy Someone Like Boy Little Them Who

When I think of artists that I would have loved to work with, it's Jimi Hendrix. And Steve McQueen. He's not a rock star, but he's kind of a rock star to me. John Varvatos

Work Me Think Jimi Hendrix Kind Would He Steve Steve McQueen Rock Rock Star Artists Loved McQueen Star Hendrix