Most of my life I was occupied with American television and American food. My ethnicity was my choice. It still is. – Isaac Mizrahi
Youre not working with models, youre working with real women who have, like, anatomy. Models do not have anatomy. – Isaac Mizrahi
Even though I grew up as a Sephardic Jew in Brooklyn where we ate Syrian food and went to temple, it was still America. – Isaac Mizrahi
This is what I like about being a designer: You cant really get it until you see it. – Isaac Mizrahi
Ive never had a relationship with a record executive. I always went to the record company by someone that liked my playing. Then they would get fired, and Id be left with the record company. And then – because they got fired – the record company wouldnt do anything for me. – Ornette Coleman