Vivienne Westwood
Vivienne Westwood
Dame Vivienne Isabel Westwood DBE RDIis a British fashion designer and businesswoman, largely responsible for bringing modern punk and new wave fashions into the mainstream...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionFashion Designer
Date of Birth8 April 1941
thinking important world
I think it is terribly important to have opinions, and to think. We live in a world of action without thought.
hypocrisy parent world
When I first saw a picture of the crucifixion, I lost respect for my parents. I suddenly realised that this is what the adult world is like - full of cruelty and hypocrisy.
stupid world most-amazing
We are the most amazing creatures that this world has ever produced, but we seem to also have this herd mentality; we seem to be the most stupid, also.
war looks world
I was born during the war and grew up in a time of rationing. We didn't have anything. It's influenced the way I look at the world.
should-have suffering world
Everybody should have a fair deal; everybody should have the chance to life in this world. If we were evolved as human beings, we would hopefully be able to alleviate suffering in the world.
ideas intellectual world
The whole basis of my work is analysing what I do and building some sort of intellectual framework. The only possible effect one can have on the world is through unpopular ideas. They are the only subversion.
art vision world
Art should never be sociological; it has got to be timeless. It's got to be your vision and how you can represent the world you see.
people world generations
Within one generation, Los Angeles will be uninhabitable if people don’t do something about it. The world is going to get smaller and be uninhabitable and impossible to live in.
ideas world effects
The only possible effect one can have on the world is through unpopular ideas.
people understanding world
We have got to change our ethics and our financial system and our whole way of understanding the world. It has to be a world in which people live rather than die; a sustainable world. It could be great.
hero use world
Prince Charles is definitely my hero; he uses his position to do only good in this world.
philosophy practice world
It's a philosophy of life. A practice. If you do this, something will change, what will change is that you will change, your life will change, and if you can change you, you can perhaps change the world.
I'm the proof - you can't throw away tradition.
Fashion is life-enhancing, and I think it's a lovely, generous thing to do for other people.