“As a kid I collected stamps, pebbles on the beach, anything. I liked to have at least 10 of something.”
“Every five years, I decide to learn something new.”
“I never wear very serious suits. I don't have to because I don't go to an office, so it's fine.”
“I'm always interested in finding the new trend. If you love pizza every day, after 22 years of eating pizza, you want to try sushi.”
“If I take pictures at a party, I never get bored.”
“Before I started LimoLand, I mainly bought my clothes in Harlem, where I found clothing my size in fun colors. I still like to go there and see the vibrancy and colors of the neighborhood. I am also very influenced by the colors of my contemporary African and Japanese art collections.”
“I'd love to open a private museum in Paris, London, or New York, but I don't have the money. If I were Bill Gates or Paul Allen, the first thing I would do is build a museum.”
“If I had done what I was programmed to do, I would now be sitting in a car factory looking at the sizes of wheels, or wondering how to get credit to start a new factory in Russia.”
“In the last 20 years of collecting contemporary African art, I have been bombarded by incredible shapes and colors that I now want to translate into clothes.”
“Obviously if you are an accountant, a criminal lawyer, a president, or a senator, or if you work in a funeral parlor, you have to wear a tie, but more and more people are wearing very casual clothes.”