307 Quotes by Vivienne Westwood

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

It’s a philosophy of life. A practice. If you do this, something will change, what will change is that you will change, your life will change, and if you can change you, you can perhaps change the world.

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. I’d like people to stop buying and buying and buying.

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

I have certain signatures, certain cutting principles. It could be a raw-edged seam; it could be leaving the lining of sheepskin exposed so it’s not perfectly finished. I invent new ways to do it, but the end goal is always the same.

There’s nowhere else like London. Nothing at all, anywhere.

Instead of buying six things, buy one thing that you really like. Don’t keep buying just for the sake of it.

I’m not trying to do something different, I’m trying to do the same thing but in a different way.

Our economic system, run for profit and waste and based primarily on the extractive industries, is the cause of climate change. We have wasted the earth’s treasure and we can no longer exploit it cheaply.