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
The simpler the food, the harder it is to prepare it well. You want to truly taste what it is youre eating. So that goes back to the trend of fine ingredients. Its very Japanese: Preparing good ingredients very simply, without distractions from the flavor of the ingredient itself. – Joel Robuchon