Stella McCartney Quotes

I´m a real believer that just doing a little something is a lot better than doing a lot of nothing.

When you think of fashion photography, it's a dream. It's like we all want to be those women. We want to wear those dresses.

At times I make music, but in private.

I think it took me a little while to be true to myself as a designer, and in some ways I'm still trying to do that. I have to choose things that come naturally to me. Whenever I challenge something too much or try too hard, it never quite works out.

People think I'm strong, but actually I wanted to crawl away. I thought, I'm going to live in the country with my horse and I'll get a nine-to-five; I don't need this.

I used to get embarrassed about the fact I liked fashion. I still get a bit cringy.

I didn't want to be thirtysomething and not know what I was going to do. I was quite afraid of that, there were quite a lot of aimless kids around, in that 'other' side of my life, who didn't really know what to do because they always had a bank balance to fall back on and they were quite lost.

I think deep down I'm spiritual, but there's nothing I practice.

You feel like everyone hates you if you've got a good life, now I feel maybe it's allowed because I've had my share of sadness.

I never wanted to make it too easy for people to sum me up.

It's incredibly important that if you have the dream of having your own house, you don't pretend to be something you're not. Ultimately, it's unsustainable and people will see through. You have to work; you can't expect your dreams to be handed to you on a plate.

I can honestly say this industry hasn't made me neurotic about my looks, except maybe my weight. I hope my clothes kind of reflect that. They're meant to make you feel good.

A little black dress is something to rely on. To fill you with confidence and ease. To have an attitude that is pure and effortless, yet sexy and classy.

Depending on the season, between 20 and 30 percent of my collections contain some sort of eco or sustainable element, whether it's a beautiful organic fabric or a natural dye. And obviously I don't use animal skins or fur of any kind.

Everyone can do simple things to make a difference, and every little bit really does count.

The main thing I need to do is create, hopefully, exquisitely beautiful, desirable objects for my customer.

I wanted to feel good about the way I looked. I didn't understand why style had to be sacrificed for sports technology. I found when going to the gym women were wearing their own tees, without the technology. I started to think, does it make you run faster if you wear that terrible color or sweat less if you wear that horrible fabric? And I challenged it, and the answers were not there to why we were being given poor design work. It was something I wanted to bring to women's wardrobes.

The really great thing about my shop is that there's not one dead animal in it. ... Manolo's got a load of fabric shoes as well! We use plastic, fabric, rubber- anything but leather. I almost feel like I've been put here to show everyone that it's unnecessary.

People work better when they are afforded to be themselves

I think it's very wrong to have the mass murder, every single day, of millions of animals.

I was first drawn to active wear because I enjoy working out, and it's very important in this day in age. I really felt women were getting the tail end of the design in active wear; not getting the technology or design we deserved. It was reserved for men. We were getting the leftover work from the sports design houses.

I think my mum was really very ahead of her time. She wore very little makeup. She really explored the way that she wore clothes in a very honest way. She wore a lot of vintage stuff and mixed it with bespoke men's tailoring and things like that. That was a huge influence on me, seeing a woman in the spotlight carry herself in that kind of way. But mostly, for me, it was just that she was an incredibly honest and sort of natural person.

I run a lot. If I don't have time to go to the gym or don't have time to work out properly, I will go for a quick run. I think running is a great way to stay fit, and I really concentrate on fitting into a realistic urban lifestyle.

Success financially is a measure of creative success, it is the same in all arts.

Being effortless is the coolest thing in the world

I'd rather people turn up than not. And of course I'd rather have people be enthusiastic.

I was brought up to understand that we are all here on planet earth together.

My biggest surprises in my everyday job have to do with the challenges of trying to be slightly more responsible as a brand.

I loved all those Doris Day visuals of her being a tomboy and then changing into this gorgeous girl in a ballgown.

Now, get out there and kick ass!

I love that you can have the language between the two worlds of technology and fashion, because I don't think that many designers get to do that.

It's immoral that people make money out of writing crap, but I try not to obsess about it. I don't want to spend my life being angry.

I get a real kick out of it, seeing people wear my designs.

I ride my bike, I work out, I do a bit of, er, dancey things.

At the end of the day I separate things; my life is my life and my work is my work.

My mum taught me to have a soul.

As a designer I like to work with fabrics that don't bleed. That's why I avoid all animal skins.

We always had our own vegetables growing up and now I'm doing it with my kids at our house in the country.

Someone from Manolo Blahnik went into my shop and said: 'These shoes are not vegetarian.' That's the highest compliment, because you just can't tell that they are, and they are. My mum taught me to have a soul.

It's not realistic to live in the country at this stage. I've got a business in London. I beat myself up about it all the time.

There's nothing fashionable about a dead animal that has been cruelly killed just because some people think it looks cool to wear.

Strength on its own in a woman is quite abrasive and not terribly attractive all the time.

You want to be confident when you work out because it takes a lot to make you work out. So many women really enjoy it, but it's a hard thing and you have to make yourself do it most of the time. I think you want to feel that you look good to make you want to work out a little bit more.

Sometimes I wish I were less sensible.

For me, women's ski wear has always been black and, again, not as feminine or sexy as I think it could look while still having the technology there.

The main challenge is technology and that's something I really push and work closely with Adidas on. They're real leaders in sports performance; always trying to push that further and further and get the best technology they can. That takes time and has rigorous testing, it's very laborious, but it's also very rewarding. You get to work with fantastic athletes, and that's a fantastic thing that has nothing to do with my day job in ready-to-wear.

The really great thing about my shoe store is that there's not one dead animal in it.

If people stop liking my clothes, I'll make a record.