307 Quotes by Vivienne Westwood

Economists treat economics as if it is a pure science divorced from the facts of life. The result of this false accountancy is a willful confusion under cover of which industry wreaks its havoc scot-free and ignores the environmental cost.

I try to concentrate on quality clothing and accessories that are worth having, and to get my people to take fewer trips by air and stay longer each time they travel. It’s more human, especially if they take time to visit an art gallery while there.

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

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

I didn't do anything at the Queen, whom I admire.

I may be a rebel, but I am not an outsider.

If you saw Queen Elizabeth it would be amazing, she came from another planet. She was so attractive in what she was wearing.

How impossible it is for us to imagine ourselves victims of disaster. We suffer for the poor people who were thrown into the sea from their cruise ship off the coast of Tuscany, some losing their lives. Imagine a world of accelerating natural disasters, one after the other so that nobody can help anyone else.

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