Rei Kawakubo Quotes

It's funny, everything is so much easier when you do it yourself.

My desire is to be as independent as I can be, as long as I can be, subject to being effective.

I like being on my own, building on my own, and standing on my own.

With AC/DC, if you've got a problem, you sort it out yourself.

I think it is important to let your kids have independence and ownership. Let your kids do what they have a passion for.

No one ever taught me how to shave; no one ever sat down to watch a Braves game with me. I paid for Yale myself, I lived by myself, I taught myself how to play the guitar. I did this all on my own.

Never do things others can do and will do if there are things others cannot do or will not do.

Do not rely completely on any other human being, however dear. We meet all life's greatest tests alone.

One actor in my life is enough, and that's me. With actors, it's too easy to go into this world of complaining. Someone will always be better, richer, more loved, do more work. Those dynamics don't interest me. The friends I hang out with, we create our own work rather than complain about acting.

What would life be like if everybody insisted you must have actually built such-and-such a thing by yourself? I'd be an old man and have nothing to show for the aging.

It's not what your parents give you. It's what you do with your own stuff.

I just felt like I had to create a life for myself where I was more independent.

I built my entire life on the idea of independence.

No, I think it taught me to be independent and never expect a handout and never wait for anybody to hand you anything in any aspect of my life.

Since being quite young, I've had a very strong sense of independence and survival. As a child, I was on my own two feet emotionally.

A mother is not a person to lean on but a person to make leaning unnessary.

The finest inheritance you can give to a child is to allow it to make its own way, completely on its own feet.

I wanted to express myself. I wanted to be creative and I didn't want to worry about someone bossing me around in the process. You have to struggle no matter where you are to get to where you're going, so I'm like, working it honey!

I'm the queen of the independent video!

I know that you're better off making your own products, not just waiting for someone to hand you something.

For me, nothing is given.

The beauty of independence, departure, actions that rely on themselves.

Carefully avoid all undertakings which depends on others; but let him eagerly pursue that which depends on himself.

Your life must be a progression towards ownership - first mentally of your independence, and then physically of your work, owning what you produce.

There's no better feeling than being independent and doing for yourself.