Francisco Costa Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“I don't love reading so much, but I love book shopping.”

“I wonder if I would have been less organic of a designer without my background. Maybe I would be more academic about designing, more methodical. I want things to be a certain way, and I'm very precise, but school itself wasn't that relevant for me.”

“I came to New York when I was 21, 22. I couldn't speak English. I knew I wanted to go to fashion school.”

“I do go back to Brazil once a year. I miss my family.”

“I don't listen to music when designing. We create in silence. I go through a torturous process because everything has to be precise and right.”

“I wanted to be involved with fashion, though I didn't know what being a designer meant.”

“I'm inspired by many things, from landscapes to textiles. Art and architecture always influence my design process.”

“I'm not an artist. I'm a fashion designer of clothes.”

“When a sketch comes into this three-dimensional form and everybody contributes, it's really fantastic.”

“I think the women that we dress, the women who buy our clothes, they have a certain strength. It could be about the clothes, it could be about themselves. It's just attractive.”