Daphne Guinness Quotes
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I really try to understand what people are saying and answer as honestly as I can. But sometimes it's like they try to tie you into knots. That's why I mostly steer clear of the popular press. I try not to read . . . Well, I never read gossip press. I just read books. And I never switch on the TV any more.
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I don't approach fashion; fashion approaches me!
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I think the world's just gone completely mad, with everyone wearing the same things, even celebrities.
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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.
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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.
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Everyone thought I was going to fall down on my shoes and I kept saying, 'Well if I do I'll just get up!'
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I treat clothing or a piece of jewelry like it was a piece of art.
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But things don't necessarily have to be that expensive to be good. As long as they are expensive enough to last.
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I don't do event dressing, because every day is an event.
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I spend a lot of time upside down. It increases the blood flow to the brain, so it really helps your creativity.
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Human beings all mimic each other.
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Everyone wants to get behind the red rope, but actually: be yourself, don't believe what you see, don't believe all this marketing.
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A marriage is a solemn affair. The tempest of emotions and the myriad of arrangements are giddying, and when one is faced with these, clothing seems to be the last of one's priorities.
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If you go into a relationship when you're 16, you've got no baggage.
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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.
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I never read gossip press. I just read books. And I never switch on the TV any more.
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Sunglasses are great, but I always feel a bit pretentious wearing sunglasses. I mean, I do love to wear them.
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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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I know sometimes I can come off like a lonely spinster in a tower. That's not me at all.
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I don't dress for effect, and I think that it never works out when someone does.
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Life is full of banana skins. You slip, you carry on.
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I think life is about having the mixture of the curiosity of an older person and the imagination of a child.
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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.
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I just am who I am. And then when people label me eccentric or different, Im kind of astonished because I think, This is completely normal. This is just how I am, its how Ive always been.
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When I think my hair needs a bit of help, I just glue another bit onto my head.
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I think now it's a very odd time in politics. It should be mostly about good governing. 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.
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Eccentric is a difficult word because it's come to mean crazy. Avant-garde would be better. Eccentric is not "centric" in terms of having a center. Because sometimes it's used in a derogatory context.
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If I think about it too much, I can't get dressed.
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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.
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I don't like to look at myself in the mirror, which is why my eye makeup is always crooked.
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