Quotes by Vivienne Westwood

“Intelligence is composed mostly of imagination, insight, things that have nothing to do with reason.”

“The young need discipline and a full bookcase.”

“Buy less, choose well & do it yourself!”

“Fashion is life-enhancing and I think it's a lovely, generous thing to do for other people”

“The reason why I am proud of my part in the punk movement is that I think it really did implant a message that was already there. The hippies told it to me, but punk made it something cool for peop...”

“Liverpool people are famous for liking clothes and fashion; they are very social and lively people, and we know that they like clothes.”

“The age in which we live, this non-stop distraction, is making it more impossible for the young generation to ever have the curiosity or discipline... because you need to be alone to find out anyth...”

“In the morning, I practice 15 minutes of yoga.”

“I don't care if you get up in the morning and don't wash, don't put any make-up on, don't do your hair, even, but you have to have clothes if you want to look different.”

“I'm frugal. I'm not a very acquisitive woman. I never waste food. If you prepare your own food, you engage with the world, it tastes alive. It tastes good.”

“Fashion is here to help make people look very important. If they have good taste and choose what suits them, I give them options on how they can do that. It's always sexy, and it's always with the ...”

“I think feminists are unaware of the tremendous extent of the role of women in history.”

“I think dress, hairstyle and make-up are the crucial factors in projecting an attractive persona and give one the chance to enhance one's best physical features.”

“You've got to invest in the world, you've got to read, you've got to go to art galleries, you've got to find out the names of plants. You've got to start to love the world and know about the whole ...”

“We are the most amazing creatures that this world has ever produced, but we seem to also have this herd mentality; we seem to be the most stupid, also.”

“Everybody should have a fair deal; everybody should have the chance to life in this world. If we were evolved as human beings, we would hopefully be able to alleviate suffering in the world.”

“If you saw Queen Elizabeth it would be amazing, she came from another planet. She was so attractive in what she was wearing.”

“More people should read books. It's the most concentrated experience you can have.”

“I eat only vegetables and fruit, and to me it's the most aspirational diet because it's so easy. It's quite simple, the cooking I do.”

“I've got a real sense of three-dimensional geometry. I can look at a flat piece of fabric and know that if I put a slit in it and make some fabric travel around a square, then when you lift it up i...”