Ilincic Roksanda Quotes & Sayings

I am constantly looking to push boundaries with materials, bring in new weights, and work in fabrics unexpectedly. — Roksanda Ilincic

Fashion, art, and architecture are all so tightly connected; I think the way to approach referencing these art works is by capturing the essence. — Roksanda Ilincic

You are free to make choices. You are not free to escape the consequences. — Howard G. Hendricks

I think the main thing over time is that you gain confidence and are able to tell your story better and stronger. — Roksanda Ilincic

You're the nice, quiet alcoholic. The good intellectual alcoholic. — Caroline Knapp

I feel like I've gone through stages with the industry; when I first started showing it was during the time of the recession, the economical situation meant fashion was suffering. But now the fashion business is back and booming, and I think it just encourages me to constantly set myself bigger and bigger challenges and reach new goals. — Roksanda Ilincic

My roots are very closely tied to the DNA of the brand. Growing up in Serbia where women are unapologetically very feminine, I came to London and realised that I wanted to keep this feminine element but give it a twist and challenge ideas of classical beauty. — Roksanda Ilincic

I love the pictures of Old Hollywood, seeing the directors dressed in suits and ties. Even the grips would be wearing ties. But the biggest thing is when I was a kid, I couldn't wait to be an adult, and I think what happens with most guys is that no one wants to be an adult anymore. So they're dressing like kids. — Paul Feig

Golden bars make no less a prison
than a coffin on a hill.
And in caged reformation,
one wanders aimless still.
The rafters now a recollection
of sacred suppression.
How the morning dawn
strikes mourning confession.
Now Death yields a harvest
of the living masses.
We walk toward its path
no earthly power surpasses. — Craig Froman

Normally, I spend a week on the outline and take two weeks to write the book. — R.L. Stine

I felt sure that [Oyarsa] was what we call "good," but I wasn't sure whether I liked "goodness" so much as I had supposed. — C.S. Lewis

When I'm sitting around watching a game with some friends, and we're all excited, and Jordan is driving in, we might say, 'Come on Mike, break me off a little somethin'-somethin'.' I decided to take that and translate it into what I do on 'SportsCenter.' Just add statistics. — Stuart Scott

I never knew I'd be in a musical, let alone win an award for one. — Nicole Kidman

I think that most of the people I'm dealing with, they're a lot like me. So I'm not pushing people that don't want to do something; most of the people have a billion things going on, and they love it. — Wayne Coyne

I'd leave you here longer, but it's no longer safe. — Brian Staveley

The definite link between all the women who wear my designs is that they are strong, independent, and with their own opinions. — Roksanda Ilincic

The Cold War had become a battlefield marked by doublespeak. Disguise, distortion, and deception were accepted as reality. Truth was promised in a serum. — Annie Jacobsen

All the characters in my films are fighting these problems, needing freedom, trying to find a way to cut themselves loose, but failing to rid themselves of conscience, a sense of sin, the whole bag of tricks. — Michelangelo Antonioni

I am not very good at reflecting. I am a complete perfectionist and always thinking to the next thing! — Roksanda Ilincic

My label is largely about fabrics; print is definitely not my point of difference! — Roksanda Ilincic

I grew up dancing my whole life, and I always kind of perceived that's what I would do professionally. But when I caught the acting bug, I knew I needed to go with no turning back. — Jacob Artist

I've always wanted my offering to have broad appeal and work for a diverse range of women with different lifestyles. — Roksanda Ilincic

I do think there is a completely different notion to glamour today. I think modern glamour is more effortless, easy, and real. Moreover, I think it's about constantly challenging classical ideas by bringing in unexpected and different elements; for example a long, elegant evening skirt paired with a simple t-shirt on the red carpet. I think this approach is the future. — Roksanda Ilincic

When you remember mercy, complaining gives way to gratitude and self-focused desire gives way to worship. — Paul David Tripp