Chalayan Hussein Quotes & Sayings

I can be working on a collection and a film at the same time. It can take a lot out of me, but the processes come from the same source. From a brief I set myself I can make a film, I can make a collection, I can make an installation. — Hussein Chalayan

Physics isn't the most important thing. Love is. — Richard Feynman

In oppressing, one becomes oppressed. Men are enchained by reason of their very sovereignty; it is because they alone earn money that their wives demand checks, it is because they alone engage in a business or profession that their wives require them to be successful, it is because they alone embody transcendence that their wives wish to rob them of it by taking charge ... — Simone De Beauvoir

Being aware, is a gentle way of being curious. Use your senses to notice the way your food smells, looks and tastes. When you're aware, you are in control. Questioning is a way of maintaining control. Use curiosity to decide what you really want and what will put you at a disadvantage. Intuitively, you want the advantage and therefore eat to feel good. Curiosity helps you notice what feels good. — Jane Bernard

London gives birth to amazing talent but is rubbish at helping maintain it. — Hussein Chalayan

I wanted to be a pilot, but I was always drawing bodies. When I realised I wanted to pursue something creative, my parents pushed me towards architecture. — Hussein Chalayan

If I had to define my philosophy, it would be about exploration, a journey, a story-telling. — Hussein Chalayan

I think of fashion as an art form as well as an industrial product - and something that has to be sold well and has to be of high quality. — Hussein Chalayan

With women, Ernie Holm had some experience at taking no for an answer. — John Irving

The best thing about growing older is that it takes such a long time. — Bob Hope

I was drawn to biology and history and, of course, art. And I loved languages. The biggest problem I had is that I wasn't taught about the connections between all these things. I think that would have given life a lot more meaning and it would be a lot more enjoyable. — Hussein Chalayan

A Joan Crawford dress looks really good on an hourglass figure. — Trinny Woodall

I was lucky I went to school in London because the tutors could see what to do. I knew I wanted to do something different. Why would I want to do what other people were already doing, because they would always do it better? I always wanted to work around the body. So throughout my college years, my work was quite free. — Hussein Chalayan

I am an idealist, which can be tiring. — Hussein Chalayan

Being a part of exhibitions is not a burden; it's another way for an independent label such as mine to reach a larger audience by exposing them to my whole body of work. — Hussein Chalayan

If you want to say it with flowers, a single rose says: 'I'm cheap!' — Delta Burke