I remember one day, when things were going frightfully well, I went to buy myself a really smashing car. I asked them to show me a Porsche with an automatic gearbox, and the salesman called over all the other salesmen,… — Mary Quant Copy Share Image
In the old parts of Nice, the family tables are out in the cobbled streets so that you can't drive past. They insist you join them at midnight on a hot July evening. So that's just what you do, abandoning… — Mary Quant Copy Share Image
I can't imagine not working, really. I just think work's more fun than fun. — Mary Quant Copy Share Image
As the daughter of two teachers with first-class degrees, I'd always seen myself as a duffer by comparison. — Mary Quant Copy Share Image
I've always loved painting and drawing. I wish I'd developed it more and exhibited. — Mary Quant Copy Share Image
The gods gave man fire and he invented fire engines. They gave him love and he invented marriage. — Mary Quant Copy Share Image
I liked my skirts short because I wanted to run and catch the bus to get to work. — Mary Quant Copy Share Image
I always designed clothes from a very young age because I didn't like the way they were. They were paralyzing; they were stilted. — Mary Quant Copy Share Image
One day, a new fabric appeared on the scene. PVC was shiny, waterproof, and unlike anything I'd ever seen before. — Mary Quant Copy Share Image
I saw no reason why childhood shouldn't last forever. So I created clothes that worked and moved and allowed people to run, to jump,… — Mary Quant Copy Share Image
I used to start re-arranging my school uniform, hitching up my skirt to be more exciting-looking. — Mary Quant Copy Share Image
