Daphne Guinness Quotes

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.

Sunglasses are great, but I always feel a bit pretentious wearing sunglasses. I mean, I do love to wear them.

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

I'm always reading many books at a time. It might be quite unorthodox, but what I do is, since I'm always surrounded with books, I'll read a page of physics, and then I'll read a chapter of a novel that I really love, and then I'll say, "Oh well, what does that mixture do in my head?" I adore reference books. I love encyclopedias. I also like just going back to original texts, because a lot of these self-help books today.

I play piano and I sing. But I do that for fun. I mean, I do everything for fun.

We need a government, not politics. Because there's too much politics. Of course there should be debate. But there seems to be so much pettiness and not enough good faith. It is civilized to agree to disagree, and this idea is slowly disintegrating. The great statesmen of the past knew this, and I think it helps drive civilization.

I really don't understand the idea of a celebrity stylist. Is it a real job? I know there's unemployment, but frankly the railways need to be fixed, too.

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

I can't understand it when people are closed-minded. I mean, boy, have I made mistakes and been very wrong. I can't tell you the amounts of times I've been let down, but I still try to see the best in people.

I don't approach fashion; fashion approaches me!

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

I think the world's just gone completely mad, with everyone wearing the same things, even celebrities.

A marriage is a solemn affair. The tempest of emotions and the myriad of arrangements are giddying, and when one is faced with these, clothing seems to be the last of one's priorities.

We need better things, not more. We should not pollute the world with meaningless, unused things when we can make and support things of rare and precious beauty.

I practice stoic philosophy. As a human being, you may have emotions, but these don't need to affect your soul. The two are not one.

Everyone thought I was going to fall down on my shoes and I kept saying, 'Well if I do I'll just get up!'

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

When I think my hair needs a bit of help, I just glue another bit onto my head.

Time is infinite, but we are not infinite in it.

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.

If you go into a relationship when you're 16, you've got no baggage.

My basic mathematics is rather weak, so when some of the theories are broken into equations, I get rather lost.

I dislike the idea of jewellery being like a price tag around someone's neck. It needs to be something else - and there is something extremely magical about armour.

As I got older I looked at the world and I realised, we need armour. So my jewellery and clothes became my armour

In fashion, there are so many gangs, if you identify too much with one, you get caught - I would lose my freedom.

I really try to understand what people are saying and answer as honestly as I can. But sometimes it's like they try to tie you into knots. That's why I mostly steer clear of the popular press. I try not to read . . . Well, I never read gossip press. I just read books. And I never switch on the TV any more.

I think life is about having the mixture of the curiosity of an older person and the imagination of a child.

Elizabeth Taylor was never told what to wear or paid to carry a certain handbag.

People always assume I don't need to work for money, but my divorce settlement was not as much as it's always reported to be.

I never read gossip press. I just read books. And I never switch on the TV any more.

Fantasy appeals to me and can be very much reflected in my dress - but then, each day is different. Not every day is a magical day.

Eccentric is a difficult word because it's come to mean crazy. Avant-garde would be better. Eccentric is not "centric" in terms of having a center. Because sometimes it's used in a derogatory context.

I think it's beautiful to be able to cover yourself in metal. I love the color and the way it reflects. But it is also a protection.

If I think about it too much, I can't get dressed.

I don't like to look at myself in the mirror, which is why my eye makeup is always crooked.

I spend a lot of time upside down. It increases the blood flow to the brain, so it really helps your creativity.

I just am who I am. And then when people label me eccentric or different, Im kind of astonished because I think, This is completely normal. This is just how I am, its how Ive always been.

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. At the end of the Roman era, there was this whole move against togas, because that was the signifier of the Roman Empire. In the same way, the '60s were a reaction against the '50s and so on. But now we've been feeding on a sort of cadaver. At the moment, we're just endlessly recycling the past.

Everyone wants to get behind the red rope, but actually: be yourself, don't believe what you see, don't believe all this marketing.

Human beings all mimic each other.

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

I hate the idea of making any of my children into a mini-me. That would be terrible.

Fragrance takes you on a journey of time. You can walk down the street and pass someone and get taken back 20 years. It's very Proustian that way.

Memories are like mercury. Every time you sort of try to get near them, they slip out of your hand like a bar of soap.

Life is full of banana skins. You slip, you carry on.

I think now it's a very odd time in politics. It should be mostly about good governing. We need a government, not politics. Because there's too much politics. Of course there should be debate. But there seems to be so much pettiness and not enough good faith. It is civilized to agree to disagree and this idea is slowly disintegrating. The great statesmen of the past knew this, and I think it helps drive civilization.

I treat clothing or a piece of jewelry like it was a piece of art.

There hasn't been anything real since grunge. That was the last movement led by music or an art form.