Virgil Abloh Quotes About Designer, Style, Generation, Music, Fashion

Virgil Abloh Quotes:

All I do all day is think of ideas and implement them. That’s an industry, you know. I’m trying to make art on a commercial scale.
Virgil Abloh

Art is made in hindsight.
Virgil Abloh

Criticism doesn’t worry me.
Virgil Abloh

DJing is my only peace of mind. When the phone is off, I play my favourite songs really loud for myself, and I’m not talking to anyone; I’m not managing anything. It’s just, like, a time when I can listen to music.
Virgil Abloh

Every idea that comes to mind I execute, or I look for outlets to put out ideas.
Virgil Abloh

Everything I do references something that influenced me.
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Fashion and music are two great artistic forms that can be molded by the youth culture – our taste and our passion for evolving things in our limited time on earth allows us to look at things with fresh eyes.
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Fashion is kinda a joke. I don’t get too bogged down in the clothes. For me, it’s one big art project, just a canvas to show that fashion should have a brand which has someone behind it who cares about different contexts. Social things.
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For me, I analyze the modern girl, the girl that I’m friends with, and they’re empowered: They pay their own bills. They have their own style. They wear clothes – the clothes don’t wear them.
Virgil Abloh

From my perspective, I’m trying to stand for a generation. You know, each generation has designers who go along with it.
Virgil Abloh

I always joke that, at any given time, I’m supposed to be at two other places.
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I believe in the romantic interchange between intellectuals about fashion.
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I can come up with 30 T-shirt designs in a day, but it’s just about where to slot each of them. That’s streetwear to me. It’s about knowing where to buy things, not this mass thing you can get anywhere.
Virgil Abloh

I do fashion to tell a narrative.
Virgil Abloh

I don’t come up with ideas in a test tube; I come up with ideas by breaking test tubes. That’s how I’ve always been.
Virgil Abloh

I don’t have the patience to be a non-creator.
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I don’t have to choose between high fashion or streetwear. My brand reminds me that it doesn’t have to fit in a box. It can just be in a gray area.
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I don’t sleep as much as normal people do.
Virgil Abloh

I just wanna start a brand that inspires and is geared towards youth.
Virgil Abloh

I oftentimes say that I design my collections off my phone. I’m in a group chat with my team in Milan. I copy and paste. I draw. I look at trends. I don’t really have an assistant. It’s a modern way of working. I don’t know if it’s sustainable, but it’s how I do it.
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