“I just use fashion as an excuse to talk about politics. Because I'm a ...” — Vivienne Westwood Quote

I just use fashion as an excuse to talk about politics. Because I'm a fashion designer, it gives me a voice, which is really good.

I own my own company, so I've never had businessmen telling me what to do or getting worried if something doesn't sell. I've always had my own access to the public, because I started off making my clothes for a little shop and so I've always had people buying them.

I tend not to like an awful lot of what is going out under my name now because it is just all product. Who needs it?

It is extremely difficult to say how long the process actually took to finally achieve my fragrance, Boudoir, because there was a lot of time waiting around for other people.

Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by.

We should seek by all means in our power to avoid war, by analysing possible causes, by trying to remove them, by discussion in a spirit of collaboration and good will.

A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked.

Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.

Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something.