97 Quotes by Daphne Guinness

I know sometimes I can come off like a lonely spinster in a tower. That’s not me at all.

If I eat, I can’t work. I’ll eat when I’m dead.

I don’t dress for effect, and I think that it never works out when someone does.

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.

Holding a note is a very difficult thing – you have to use your whole body to achieve a perfect pitch.

I don’t regard clothing as disposable, which is probably why I have so much of it!

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 don’t do event dressing, because every day is an event.

But things don’t necessarily have to be that expensive to be good. As long as they are expensive enough to last.