People Quotes by Vivienne Westwood

There is so much that people take for granted.

— Vivienne Westwood

I'm a fashion designer and people think, what do I know?

— Vivienne Westwood

The last people with any ideas are young people.

— Vivienne Westwood

In history people dressed much better than we do today.

— Vivienne Westwood

The sexiest people are thinkers.

— Vivienne Westwood

The arts have only ever interested a small minority of people, which acted as a kind of nursery to support artists.

— Vivienne Westwood

My biggest criticism is how can people be so easily satisfied? Even people with talent.

— Vivienne Westwood

Fashion is life-enhancing and I think it's a lovely, generous thing to do for other people

— Vivienne Westwood

I just think people should invest in the world. Don't invest in fashion, but invest in the world.

— Vivienne Westwood

People have never looked so ugly as they do today. We just consume far too much.

— Vivienne Westwood

I am attracted to people who make this effort in knowing what suits them - they are individual and stylish.

— Vivienne Westwood

Sometimes you need to transport your idea to an empty landscape and then populate it with fantastic looking people.

— Vivienne Westwood

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

— Vivienne Westwood

It is extremely difficult to say how long the process actually took to finally achieve my fragrance, Boudoir, because there was a…

— Vivienne Westwood

If you ask me what I think people should be getting next season, I’ll tell you what I’d like them to buy—nothing.…

— Vivienne Westwood

There are many war refugees and three times as many climate refugees. All of them are people who can no longer live…

— Vivienne Westwood

Within one generation, Los Angeles will be uninhabitable if people don’t do something about it. The world is going to get smaller…

— Vivienne Westwood

There’s this idea that somehow you’ve got to keep changing things, and as often as possible. Maybe if people just decided not…

— Vivienne Westwood

I'm different from any other designer, businesswise, in that I've built this company up and I own it. I never had business…

— Vivienne Westwood

But, the thing is, since I always had my own little shop and direct access to the public, I've been able to…

— Vivienne Westwood

You've got to invest in the world, you've got to read, you've got to go to art galleries, you've got to find…

— Vivienne Westwood

I don't feel very comfortable defending my fashion except to say that people don't have to buy it. You do have to…

— Vivienne Westwood

Buy less. Choose well. Make it last. Quality, not quantity. Everybody’s buying far too many clothesI mean, I know I’m lucky, I…

— Vivienne Westwood

The reason why I am proud of my part in the punk movement is that I think it really did implant a…

— Vivienne Westwood

My children came out as individuals in their own right. They were not my products. They had their own characters and were…

— Vivienne Westwood

I've always had my own access to the public, because I started off making my clothes for a little shop, and so…

— Vivienne Westwood

I'm always attracted to people who interest me. They've got to be people who are really true to themselves somehow, and who…

— Vivienne Westwood

Everyone has a masculine and feminine side; masculine qualities and feminine qualities. We've all got these sides to ourselves. And clothes can…

— Vivienne Westwood

How impossible it is for us to imagine ourselves victims of disaster. We suffer for the poor people who were thrown into…

— Vivienne Westwood

When I'm in the street, the only people I notice are usually at least 70 years old, because they look really stylish.

— Vivienne Westwood

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

— Vivienne Westwood

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

— Vivienne Westwood

I design things to help people to hopefully express their personality.

— Vivienne Westwood

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

— Vivienne Westwood

Everybody looks like clones and the only people you notice are my age. I don't notice anybody unless they look great, and…

— Vivienne Westwood

Buy less, choose well, make it last. Quality rather than quantity: That is true sustainability. If people only bought beautiful things rather…

— Vivienne Westwood

Nothing is costed properly and it's destroying the earth. We need to re-educate people that what is good for the planet is…

— Vivienne Westwood

Liverpool people are famous for liking clothes and fashion; they are very social and lively people, and we know that they like…

— Vivienne Westwood

In the 18th century, if women wanted to travel and they dressed as a man, people would not look twice. Your clothes…

— Vivienne Westwood

I always thought we had an environmental problem, but I hadn't realized how urgent it was. James Lovelock writes that by the…

— Vivienne Westwood