Explore Quotes by Daphne Guinness

We need a government, not politics. Because there's too much politics. Of course there should be debate. But there seems to be so much pettiness and not enough good faith. It is civilized to agree to disagree, and this idea is slowly disintegrating. The great statesmen of the past knew this, and I think it helps drive civilization.

I don't approach fashion; fashion approaches me!

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

I can't understand it when people are closed-minded. I mean, boy, have I made mistakes and been very wrong. I can't tell you the amounts of times I've been let down, but I still try to see the best in people.

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

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

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.

I've been really upset sometimes when I've been misquoted. And it's the one thing they use in big print. Or it's taken out of context. Thoughts are fluid and words are sticky. That's the thing.

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

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

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

As I got older I looked at the world and I realised, we need armour. So my jewellery and clothes became my armour

Part of being a conscious human being, is having an intention. And if you put an intention into whatever you do, it’s definitely going to be more satisfying in the end

I dislike the idea of jewellery being like a price tag around someone's neck. It needs to be something else - and there is something extremely magical about armour.

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

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

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.

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