In The Early Seventies, I Had Shoulder-length

We Are Actually Starting To Manipulate Our Bodies, Because We Can, Into A Shape. We Are Becoming Our Own Art. But What Happens For Me Is That It Desexualizes Everything. You Know, You Start To Look More And More Polished, More And More Lacquered And You Look Like A Beautiful Car. Does Anyone Want To Sleep With You? Does Anyone Want To Touch You? Does Anyone Want To Kiss You? Maybe Not, Because You're Too Scary.

The Thing About Eyewear Is That It Is So Potent, There Are Very Few Accessories That, If You Were Not Wearing Anything, If You Put On They Would Date You To A Whole Era. You Could Look The Thirties, The Fifties, And The Nineties Just By Your Eyewear. It's Like A Pair Of Shoes Because It Is Sculptural. It Exists Without A Face. It Tells A Lot About Where You Are Architecturally Or Aesthetically In A Particular Period In Time.

If I Was Ever Going To Become A Good Designer, I Had To Leave America. My Own Culture Was Inhibiting Me. Too Much Style In America Is Tacky. It's Looked Down Upon To Be Too Stylish. Europeans, However, Appreciate Style.

I Think People Are Sick Of Trends Changing Every Six Months - Not Because We're Tired Of Them, But Just For The Sake Of Change. There Is So Much Junk In The World: Junk Tv, Junk Movies, All Those Junk Magazines With The Same People On The Cover.

When I Was A Little Kid, All I Wanted To Do Was To Escape What I Thought Was The Country And Get To A City. Probably Film And Television Had Influenced Me So Much, I Really Thought The Key To Happiness Was Living A Very Artificial Life In A Penthouse In New York With Martini Glasses.