"My clothes have a story. They have an identity. They have a character and a purpose. That's why they become classics. Because they keep on telling a story. They are still telling it."

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Source : Vivienne Westwood, Ian Kelly (2014). “Vivienne Westwood”, p.346, Pan Macmillan

Vivienne Westwood

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“When I'm done skating, I guarantee you that I will not look back and remember standing on the podium. I'm going to remember these days - being with the team. Training alone, in my basement. Training when everybody else is sleeping. Doing things that nobody else is doing. Digging down. Seeing what kind of character I truly have. I love that stuff.”
“I think that my parents' only regret is that they wasted so much money on my stupid prestigious university degree.”
“Adventures do occur, but not punctually.”
“There are two kinds of writers: hustlers and sanctimonious hustlers.”
“We must each walk through life on our own, but we don't have to do it alone. God wants a powerful people. He gives His power to those who are faithful. We have a sacred obligation to seek after the power of God and then to use that power as He directs. And when we have the power of God with us, nothing is impossible.”
“Sometimes we need to tell ourselves that we're not going to do certain things, just in order to stay sane.”
“If you're waiting for the perfect moment, you'll never write a thing because it will never arrive. I have no routine. I have no foolproof anything. There's nothing foolproof.”
“My brother Trev went to the Professional Performing Arts School in New York, and he used to do his monologues and stuff and rehearse in our apartment. So I used to hear him all the time doing these things over and over and over. And when I was a little girl, I used to soak up everything - like anything anyone did, I soaked it up.”

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