Louise Wilson Quotes
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I'd rather wear black than bright florals like most fat ladies do.
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People think I'm rude. I'm not rude; I'm just not networking. It's just honesty.
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I never know what I want, but always know what I don't want.
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I try to stop my students doing random things on the Internet or putting work online. It doesn't get them jobs. This concept of being noticed, I don't know what it brings you.
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Fashion is an incredibly tough, unforgiving industry.
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I'd love to be charming and softly spoken, but that's never going to happen.
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I still believe that education is about provoking some kind of original, creative thought.
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I may sound like a corny bastard, but I love fashion.
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Most designers don't dress in fashion. They dress in an anonymous way so that people are just judging their work.
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Everything is not on a plate for you at Saint Martins - it's about personality, about working out how to do it.
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I believe intellect is needed in order to develop any creative output and that intellect alone is not enough!
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I love hard work, energy, feeling involved.
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When you're responsible for leading a group of young people, you have to be positive. If you're not, you shouldn't be in your job, should you?
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We always want more, more, more. You see good work; you want it better. We push, push, push.
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As much as I might decry the students, as much as they're a nightmare, it's a privilege to be among youth.
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I was very successful at three-day events, point-to-points, Pony Club, and gymkhana. But then I went to college, and because I had really good horses, they weren't going to be left in the field, so they were sold.
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Without art, you don't have society. It underpins so much.
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There's a broad range of fashion: knitwear, textiles, journalism.
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In fashion, you're privileged because you're consistently working with a vanguard of youth.
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I love Ikea: it's non-design, but it works.
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I'm becoming the Simon Cowell of fashion.
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I always thought I was going to be a professional horse rider because I rode horses competitively from zero to 17 years old.
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I had a fabulous childhood. Not many people have an outdoor tennis court that you're allowed to put your ponies on and pretend you're at Hickstead.
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I've always believed that you have to have the skills before you destroy the skills. If you want to be crude, be crude, but don't be crude because you don't know how to do it, because you're not perfect at drawing and pattern-cutting.