307 Quotes by Vivienne Westwood

If we didn't have the Chinese buying things, we'd be on the floor.

Fashion is very important. It is life-enhancing and, like everything that gives pleasure, it is worth doing well.

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

Popular culture is a contradiction in terms. If it's popular, it's not culture.

We wanted to step off our island and add the color of the third world. We got gold cigarette paper and stuck it around our teeth. We really did look like pirates and dressed to look the part.

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

The reason why I am proud of my part in the punk movement is that I think it really did implant a message that was already there. The hippies told it to me, but punk made it something cool for people to stand up for, which is that we do not believe government, that we are against government.

I don't notice anybody unless they look great, and every now and again they do, and they are usually 70.

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