When they first arrive, really, my eyes bleed! It's only when they're about to leave that they become people you might want to know.

- Louise Wilson

Of course, there's some you think, well I wouldn't let them in the door, but there's not many. It's very important to know that it's a mutual thing, …

- Louise Wilson

A lot of people believe that you don't need to know the history and that creates newness. I disagree: we should always be informed and then destroy i…

- Louise Wilson

Are there a lot of designers that matter? The industry hasn’t got a litmus test any more. The whole thing has imploded. Watch it die, like the bankin…

- Louise Wilson

Don't crave fame, do what you do and just apply. I don't think many of them here today are that interested in fashion. Perhaps it's because there's n…

- Louise Wilson

I've always believed that you have to have the skills before you destroy the skills. If you want to be crude, be crude, but don't be crude because yo…

- Louise Wilson

I never really liked Italy. 'Lots of cement' is my long-standing quote.

- Louise Wilson

You can't subvert knowledge until you have knowledge... At the same time, I respect a student coming at it from a totally different position and tryi…

- Louise Wilson

It falls apart now. They used to be intrinsically linked. Now they've been driven so far apart that I don't think the one has anything to do with the…

- Louise Wilson