Daphne Guinness

“Sunglasses are great, but I always feel a bit pretentious wearing sunglasses. I mean, I do love to wear them.”

“I know sometimes I can come off like a lonely spinster in a tower. That's not me at all.”

“I just am who I am. And then when people label me eccentric or different, I'm kind of astonished because I think, 'This is completely normal. This is just how I am, it's how I've always been.'”

“I play piano and I sing. But I do that for fun. I mean, I do everything for fun.”

“I can't understand it when people are closed-minded. I mean, boy, have I made mistakes and been very wrong. I can't tell you the amounts of times I've been let down, but I still try to see the best in people.”

“If I eat, I can't work. I'll eat when I'm dead.”

“Love is agony, isn't it? I've been involved with someone for some time now, but it's all so complicated. It's never straightforward is it? You meet someone, you fall in love, it's the most wonderful thing ever but... There's always something that's not quite right about love, isn't there?”

“I'm normally late, so I just kind of throw on the sort of thing that's at hand. And then I'll go through phases of wearing the same thing again and again and again - and my wardrobe is mainly about black and white, so it goes together. I'll play with certain elements, but I don't really think about it too much.”

“Writing is a funny thing. It's not like you're working on a schedule. It comes in fits and starts.”

“There are a lot of people who do a lot of things to be outrageous with fashion, hair or makeup.”

“Everyone wants to get behind the red rope, but actually: be yourself, don't believe what you see, don't believe all this marketing.”

“Human beings all mimic each other.”

“I practice stoic philosophy. As a human being, you may have emotions, but these don't need to affect your soul. The two are not one.”

“I've been really upset sometimes when I've been misquoted. And it's the one thing they use in big print. Or it's taken out of context. Thoughts are fluid and words are sticky. That's the thing.”

“I don't dress for effect, and I think that it never works out when someone does.”

“I treat clothing or a piece of jewelry like it was a piece of art, even though people who collect clothes get a bad rap because they're told it's all vanity.”

“I think the world's just gone completely mad, with everyone wearing the same things, even celebrities.”

“I really don't understand the idea of a celebrity stylist. Is it a real job? I know there's unemployment, but frankly the railways need to be fixed, too.”

“Memories are like mercury. Every time you sort of try to get near them, they slip out of your hand like a bar of soap.”

“A marriage is a solemn affair. The tempest of emotions and the myriad of arrangements are giddying, and when one is faced with these, clothing seems to be the last of one's priorities.”