A biography for Louise Wilsonhasn’t been written yet.
“In the past, you'd have one magazine, it would arrive monthly, and that was your magazine. You'd devour it; you'd absorb all the knowledge in it; you'd read it over and over again.”
“I believe intellect is needed in order to develop any creative output and that intellect alone is not enough!”
“I've always believed that you have to have the skills before you destroy the skills. If you want to be crude, be crude, but don't be crude because you don't know how to do it, because you're not perfect at drawing and pattern-cutting.”
“We always want more, more, more. You see good work; you want it better. We push, push, push.”
“Without art, you don't have society. It underpins so much.”
“I was going to do business studies in Newcastle because there were a lot of nightclubs. My father said if I went that route, he'd never speak to me again: credit where credit's due.”
“What is good work? You just know it when you see it. You just can't explain it.”
“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.”
“I love Ikea: it's non-design, but it works.”
“I've always loved books.”
“Most designers don't dress in fashion. They dress in an anonymous way so that people are just judging their work.”
“A lot of fashion might seem boring, but it is actually quite fun: the inside, the outside, the silhouette... All the different finishes. That's a skill.”
“At the end of the day, I'm a very boring academic, bogged down with academia and structure and delivering an education.”
“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.”
“As much as I might decry the students, as much as they're a nightmare, it's a privilege to be among youth.”
“In 'Who's Who,' my hobbies are listed as eating, sleeping, and voicing one's opinion. Not necessarily the right opinion, but it's mine.”
“I love to-do lists.”
“I'm becoming the Simon Cowell of fashion.”
“There's lots of bad things about teaching, but the really good thing is that you get to be around young people - irritating as they are.”
“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.”