"New York gave me hell for that 'Purple Swag,' man. They didn't respect me until 'Peso.'"

"Fashion is almost like a religion, for me at least."

"There was a time when someone would get on a plane and request to move their seat just because the person sitting next to them was of a different ethnicity or religion or nationality. But I don't think my generation wants that. That's how it used to be."

"Design my own line? No, I just like the culture."

"Could I have but a line a century hence crediting a contribution to the advance of peace, I would yield every honor which has been accorded by war."

"When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you."

"There is no respect for others without humility in one's self."

"Whose rights will we acknowledge? Whose human dignity will we respect? For whose well-being will we, as a people, assume responsibility?"