Human beings all mimic each other.

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

I don't approach fashion; fashion approaches me!

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

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

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

Oh, I love tea. I have to take tea bags wherever I go.

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

Normally, you should be dead if you have a retrospective.

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

I don't tell anybody else what to wear. I would never dream of it.

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

Switch off reality TV! I've only ever been able watch about 30 seconds of it.

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

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

I don't dress for effect, and I think that it never works out when someone does.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

There are a lot of people who do a lot of things to be outrageous with fashion, hair or makeup.

Writing is a funny thing. It's not like you're working on a schedule. It comes in fits and starts.

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

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

Holding a note is a very difficult thing - you have to use your whole body to achieve a perfect pitch.

It's quite nice to have a place to leave things. You can be a permanent gypsy, but it's nice to go home.

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

My life has always somehow been played out in a minor key, unresolved. Art somehow resolves things for me.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

I've always been more slight, and I've always sort of felt that I needed to be protected, especially with so many rowdy brothers and sisters.

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.

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 treat clothing or a piece of jewelry like it was a piece of art, even though people who collect clothes get a bad rap because they're told it's all vanity.

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'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.

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