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

You have a more interesting life if you wear impressive clothes.

I always thought we had an environmental problem, but I hadn't realized how urgent it was. James Lovelock writes that by the end of this century there will be one billion people left.

If you're too big to fit into fashion, then you just have to do your own fashion.

Liverpool people are famous for liking clothes and fashion; they are very social and lively people, and we know that they like clothes.

I talk to fashion designers and say I want some money to save the rainforest, and they say, 'Oh, I agree with you completely Vivienne. Yes, climate change, it's definitely happening,' but they don't feel that they can do anything about it; they don't even think 'Well let's stop it!'

But, having a perfume and license, in general, is a financial necessity. A designer must, to reap back the money spent on prototypes and all that sort of thing.