Virgil Abloh

There's a part of me that's trying to represent kids that don't necessarily have the same outlet that I have. I'm not looking towards a new demographic. I'm looking towards the demographic I came from.

I'm a kid from Chicago. I know what it was like to see Obama become president. We felt the tectonic plates of the world shift.

My style is to never say no.

All the skateboarding brands that I was into had graphic T-shirts. In the '90s, there were different styles that went along with the different influences in skateboarding, whether that be hip-hop or rock and roll and grunge. And that's what I was into, so I was following all that.

Murakami's ability to deconstruct and his aesthetic and conceptual freedom have been totally inspiring for me.

Creative director' is a catchall phrase for giving ideas. To me, it obviously means more than that. It's like being a counselor.

I suck at sleeping.

I'm constantly inspired by my friends and the people I surround myself with and the cities that I'm traveling to.

Ironic things are interesting.

My lifestyle doesn't really account for movies. I can't even remember what I last saw.

I've always had this in some ways pessimistic and in some ways realistic idea that I'm the lowest rung on the ladder.

People that are able to think in terms of concepts and offer us valuable forms of art are very exciting to me.