Vivienne Westwood quotes - page 7

Intelligence is composed mostly of imagination, insight, things that have nothing to do with reason. (Vivienne Westwood)
The most erotic zone is the imagination. View quote
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I'm not terribly interested in beauty. What touches me is someone who understands herself. View quote
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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. View quote
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There is a real connection between culture and climate change. We all have a part to play and if you engage with life, you will get a new set of values, get off the consumer treadmill, and start to think, and it is these great thinkers who will rescue the planet. View quote
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I do have reasons for what I do. I am a very political person, and I really think if you put these clothes on, you will look like a force to be reckoned with. View quote
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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. View quote
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It is all about technique. The great mistake of this century is to put inspiration and creativity first. View quote
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The young need discipline and a full bookcase. View quote
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I didn't know how a working-class girl like me could possibly make a living in the art world. View quote
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Women fight for democracy and engage in the world. But they shouldn't try and be copying men and be masculine; they should anchor on the home and build on those fundamentals. (Vivienne Westwood)
If you dress up, it helps your personality to emerge - if you choose well. View quote
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I'm different from any other designer, businesswise, in that I've built this company up and I own it. I never had business hype behind me to promote my image... My image is real... I have never had marketing people telling me what to do. View quote
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Nothing is costed properly and it's destroying the earth. We need to re-educate people that what is good for the planet is good for the financial system. View quote
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There's this idea that somehow you've got to keep changing things, and as often as possible. Maybe if people just decided not to buy anything for a while, they'd get a chance to think about what they wanted; what they really liked. View quote
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I may be a rebel, but I am not an outsider. View quote
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In the 18th century, if women wanted to travel and they dressed as a man, people would not look twice. Your clothes said everything. Also there were masters and servants swapping clothes. You could be anything, your clothes told everything! View quote
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I don't think punk fashion is a specter or overemphasized - it made a big impression, as there had never been anything like it before. View quote
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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. View quote
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There are many war refugees and three times as many climate refugees. All of them are people who can no longer live where they were born. I hope we face reality in time to save ourselves. We will all be migrants soon. View quote
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Well, I'm very much a literary person. And my fashion always tells a story somehow. I never look at fashion magazines. I find them incredibly boring. To me, reading a fashion magazine is the last thing I need to do. I've got books I need to read. (Vivienne Westwood)
Save the rainforest for your loved ones. View quote
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If Mrs Merkel wants to wear Westwood, I can promise that I will design clothes for her that will make her look chic, refined and influential. View quote
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The migrants are not a temporary crisis. The crisis is mounting. View quote
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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. View quote
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