Vivienne Westwood Quotes
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I always tried to do things by example, even though I was not a very good mother regarding routines and family life.
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I remember reading a book set in the future, it was written in the 1870s projecting to 1920, and this time traveler said you couldn't tell the difference between men and women. He saw what was coming.
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Within one generation, Los Angeles will be uninhabitable if people don’t do something about it. The world is going to get smaller and be uninhabitable and impossible to live in.
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My aim is to make the poor look rich and the rich look poor.
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I just think people should invest in the world. Don't invest in fashion, but invest in the world.
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I was a punk before it got its name. I had that hairstyle and purple lipstick.
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Journalists are usually quite jealous people, especially of intellectuals who are supposed to be in fashion.
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I don't care how many beauty treatments you have, I don't care which bag you're carrying - you have to have a dress.
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When I'm in the street, the only people I notice are usually at least 70 years old, because they look really stylish.
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People have never looked so ugly as they do today. We just consume far too much.
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The whole basis of my work is analysing what I do and building some sort of intellectual framework. The only possible effect one can have on the world is through unpopular ideas. They are the only subversion.
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My biggest criticism is how can people be so easily satisfied? Even people with talent.
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In 1958, my father graduated from secondary school as the highest-achieving student in the state of Kansas, earning a five-year scholarship to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He turned it down. For someone raised in a remote farming town, this would have been his opportunity to transform his life, a ticket to a bigger world.
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If you ask me what I think people should be getting next season, I’ll tell you what I’d like them to buy—nothing. I’d like people to stop buying and buying and buying.
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What changed our lives forever was when Malcolm had the idea to sell rock 'n roll records to trendy customers.
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I was born during the war and grew up in a time of rationing. We didn't have anything. It's influenced the way I look at the world.
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I’m not terribly interested in beauty. What touches me is someone who understands herself.
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Why do people think that if you don't dress up, others will appreciate your beauty more - that style will somehow emanate from you? It's rubbish. If you dress up it helps your personality to emerge - if you choose well
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The young need discipline and a full bookcase.
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I do think if you aim for quality, it's not so much about consumerism. The idea is 'Buy less, choose well, make it last.'
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I'll tell you what I was like as a child. I was a good person. I was high-spirited but I was a big reader.
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It is all about technique. The great mistake of this century is to put inspiration and creativity first.
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Wear a towel instead of a coat, it’s very chic. Or your husband’s boxer shorts with a belt, or something from your grandmother. It’s all about do-it-yourself at the moment.
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The only reason I'm in fashion is to destroy the word conformity.