Vivienne Westwood

“I do not approve of museums trying just to get people to come in. Whistler was very, very clear on this.”

“There is no hierarchy of values any more. Real progress is due mainly to human genius, and that's rare, and usually stems from a real elite, from a hierarchy.”

“I've always felt heroic about my life... As a child, I remember little girls in the playground moaning about how boys could do more than they could. I didn't think that was the case at all. My parents didn't treat me as a girl.”

“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.”

“I don't have faith in young people any more. I don't waste time trying to communicate with them.”

“Home, more than anything, means warmth and bed.”

“Even though it was the 70s, we found old stocks of clothes that had never been worn from the 50s and took them apart. I started to teach myself how to make clothes from that kind of formula.”

“Journalists are usually quite jealous people, especially of intellectuals who are supposed to be in fashion.”

“I was still interested in the youth rebellion but never-the-less I stopped being a victim. Stopped trying to attack the establishment realizing that it takes too much of your energy.”

“I didn't consider myself a fashion designer at all at the time of punk. I was just using fashion as a way to express my resistance and to be rebellious. I came from the country, and by the time I got to London, I considered myself to be very stupid. It was my ambition to understand the world I live in.”

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

“There is so much that people take for granted.”

“Everybody looks like clones and the only people you notice are my age. I don't notice anybody unless they look great, and every now and again they do, and they are usually 70.”

“The young need discipline and a full bookcase.”

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

“Being part of a community with a church at its centre and singin' hymns is a great thing to do.”

“I can't think without my glasses.”

“However, because Britain is young and exciting, I did show my second line here once or twice.”

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

“What changed our lives forever was when Malcolm had the idea to sell rock 'n roll records to trendy customers.”