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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I believe intellect is needed in order to develop any creative output and that intellect alone is not enough!
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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 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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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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In fashion, you're privileged because you're consistently working with a vanguard of youth.
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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 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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What is good work? You just know it when you see it. You just can't explain it.