A biography for Daphne Guinnesshasn’t been written yet.
“Switch off reality TV! I've only ever been able watch about 30 seconds of it.”
“I spend a lot of time upside down. It increases the blood flow to the brain, so it really helps your creativity.”
“If you go into a relationship when you're 16, you've got no baggage.”
“I'd quite like to have one place where I stay put. And I don't like living in cities all the time. In order to have ideas, you have to have some peace and quiet.”
“I think life is about having the mixture of the curiosity of an older person and the imagination of a child.”
“Seasons are really annoying. You get a really great pair of shoes or a beautiful pair of boots, and then you try to get them again four months later, and they say, 'Oh no, that was last season.'”
“Time is infinite, but we are not infinite in it.”
“Fragrance takes you on a journey of time. You can walk down the street and pass someone and get taken back 20 years. It's very Proustian that way.”
“We need a government, not politics. Because there's too much politics. Of course there should be debate. But there seems to be so much pettiness and not enough good faith. It is civilized to agree to disagree, and this idea is slowly disintegrating. The great statesmen of the past knew this, and I think it helps drive civilization.”
“I never read gossip press. I just read books. And I never switch on the TV anymore.”
“I think it's beautiful to be able to cover yourself in metal. I love the color and the way it reflects. But it is also a protection.”
“I've always been more slight, and I've always sort of felt that I needed to be protected, especially with so many rowdy brothers and sisters.”
“You can tell the state of civilization by the way people dress. If the people who fought two World Wars came back to 2010 and saw all of us running around in tracksuits, what would they think? It is just about being sloppy.”
“I have a four-and-a-half-, nearly five-octave range. I probably should have had extra lessons as a child, as I am certain my family heard my potential, but I didn't. I was in the choir as a schoolgirl, but really, it is all self-taught.”
“Fantasy appeals to me and can be very much reflected in my dress - but then, each day is different. Not every day is a magical day.”
“There hasn't been anything real since grunge. That was the last movement led by music or an art form.”
“I don't like to look at myself in the mirror, which is why my eye makeup is always crooked.”
“Fashion is not just about trends. It's about political history. You can trace it from the ancient Romans to probably until the '80s, and you can see defining moments that were due either to revolutions or changes in politics.”
“Through art, you create your own world.”
“Holding a note is a very difficult thing - you have to use your whole body to achieve a perfect pitch.”