Maison Martin Margiela Interview Script (1998)
What is colour?
An intensity, a temperature, a clash, a harmony.
AND
How do you use it?
When it asks.
What is black?
An absence, a presence, a mood, a mantle.
What is red?
A blush, a flush, a fever, a command.
What is skin?
A protection.
What is fabric?
A Medium.
What is texture?
A result of time.
What is construction?
A means to an end.
What is function?
A reply to a need.
What is art?
A Need to reply.
What is craftsmanship?
A fruit of time.
What is clothing?
The final layer.
What is fashion?
A series of propositions.
What is recycling?
Another chance.
How does recycling fit into your work?
By Nature.
How does a concept develop at Maison Martin Margiela?
Time, a question, a reply.
How does a concept develop at Hermes?
Time, another question, another reply.
What would you like to develop? Besides Clothing?
An understanding.
What words do you live by?
We.
(Ends)