“There's all sorts of things that I have wanted to say, but a lot had t...” — Rick Owens Quote

“There's all sorts of things that I have wanted to say, but a lot had to do with being an outsider, asking why am I restricted to these narrow parameters of what is aesthetically acceptable?”

“Well, I try not to think about my visibility or where I stand in the fashion world. Because that's just never going to be a comfortable space. I just like to stick to my thing. I'm trying to do something I believe in.”

“I like the idea of promoting alternative ideas of beauty.”

“Even after I retired I'd get messages about my injury and certain things, and you almost think it's another message and I'll just ignore it, but these things shouldn't be acceptable. They aren't acceptable but they just seem to be ok to happen.”

“The mere dates of my existence do not interest me, except in one connection. When the Great War started I was too old to be acceptable as a volunteer; when conscription followed I was too old to be conscripted.”

“Columbia Law School men were being drafted, and suddenly women who had done well in college were considered acceptable candidates for the vacant seats.”