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Mary Quant quotes: Of course I remember everything I've ever worn.

Of course I remember everything I've ever worn.

Mary Quant quotes: I'm greedy, but I've always watched what I eat because I want to look good. I gave up butter, cream and sugar years ago.

I'm greedy, but I've always watched what I eat because I want to look good. I gave up butter, cream and sugar years ago.

Mary Quant quotes: Fashion should be a game.

Fashion should be a game.

Mary Quant quotes: The real creators of miniskirt are the girls, the same that you seen in the streets.

The real creators of miniskirt are the girls, the same that you seen in the streets.

Mary Quant quotes: Coco Chanel hated me. I can understand why.

Coco Chanel hated me. I can understand why.

Mary Quant quotes: In the first half of the 20th century, fashion was simply not a very English thing to do.

In the first half of the 20th century, fashion was simply not a very English thing to do.

Mary Quant quotes: I have been on a diet since 1962.

I have been on a diet since 1962.

Mary Quant quotes: Snobbery has gone out of fashion, and in our shops you will find duchesses jostling with typists to buy the same dress.

Snobbery has gone out of fashion, and in our shops you will find duchesses jostling with typists to buy the same dress.

Mary Quant quotes: The fashionable woman is sexy, witty, and dry-cleaned.

The fashionable woman is sexy, witty, and dry-cleaned.

Mary Quant quotes: I dressed like Leslie Caron as a teenager: soft school pleats, Peter Pan collars.

I dressed like Leslie Caron as a teenager: soft school pleats, Peter Pan collars.

Mary Quant quotes: Fashion, as we knew it, is over; people wear now exactly what they feel like wearing.

Fashion, as we knew it, is over; people wear now exactly what they feel like wearing.

Mary Quant quotes: Only paper flowers are afraid of the rain.

Only paper flowers are afraid of the rain.

Mary Quant quotes: I love restaurants, and I love cooking.

I love restaurants, and I love cooking.

Mary Quant quotes: I liked my skirts short because I wanted to run and catch the bus to get to work.

I liked my skirts short because I wanted to run and catch the bus to get to work.

Mary Quant quotes: London style is individual.

London style is individual.

Mary Quant quotes: One day, a new fabric appeared on the scene. PVC was shiny, waterproof, and unlike anything I'd ever seen before.

One day, a new fabric appeared on the scene. PVC was shiny, waterproof, and unlike anything I'd ever seen before.

Mary Quant quotes: I don't have birthdays.

I don't have birthdays.

Mary Quant quotes: The miniskirt caused an extraordinarily powerful reaction. There were the people who hated it.

The miniskirt caused an extraordinarily powerful reaction. There were the people who hated it.

Mary Quant quotes: As the daughter of two teachers with first-class degrees, I'd always seen myself as a duffer by comparison.

As the daughter of two teachers with first-class degrees, I'd always seen myself as a duffer by comparison.

Mary Quant quotes: Only ugliness is obscene.

Only ugliness is obscene.

Mary Quant quotes: The fashionable woman wears clothes. The clothes don't wear her.

The fashionable woman wears clothes. The clothes don't wear her.

Mary Quant quotes: I have an awful lot of energy.

I have an awful lot of energy.

Mary Quant quotes: Having money is rather like being a blond. It is more fun but not vital.

Having money is rather like being a blond. It is more fun but not vital.

Mary Quant quotes: Most of my memories of the Sixties are ones of optimism, high spirits and confidence.

Most of my memories of the Sixties are ones of optimism, high spirits and confidence.

Mary Quant quotes: Eating outdoors is a particular passion - that is, eating trestle-table a la nicoise.

Eating outdoors is a particular passion - that is, eating trestle-table a la nicoise.

Mary Quant quotes: I always designed clothes from a very young age because I didn't like the way they were. They were paralyzing; they were stilted.

I always designed clothes from a very young age because I didn't like the way they were. They were paralyzing; they were stilted.

Mary Quant quotes: As a child, I used to spend nearly all my summer holidays with my aunt in Wales, and we used to catch mackerel in a boat and then cook them

As a child, I used to spend nearly all my summer holidays with my aunt in Wales, and we used to catch mackerel in a boat and then cook them on board.

Mary Quant quotes: I liked masculine fabrics: Prince of Wales checks, city pinstripes, and flannels - worn with black tights, flattish shoes.

I liked masculine fabrics: Prince of Wales checks, city pinstripes, and flannels - worn with black tights, flattish shoes.

Mary Quant quotes: Being young is greatly overestimated ... Any failure seems so total. Later on you realize you can have another go.

Being young is greatly overestimated ... Any failure seems so total. Later on you realize you can have another go.

Mary Quant quotes: I long for my garden to be complete. Working in it is one of my joys, but it will never be finished because it's forever changing with the seasons.

I long for my garden to be complete. Working in it is one of my joys, but it will never be finished because it's forever changing with the seasons.

Mary Quant quotes: Britain has always had more art schools per capita than any other country.

Britain has always had more art schools per capita than any other country.

Mary Quant quotes: A woman is as young as her knees.

A woman is as young as her knees.

Mary Quant quotes: The gods gave man fire and he invented fire engines. They gave him love and he invented marriage.

The gods gave man fire and he invented fire engines. They gave him love and he invented marriage.

Mary Quant quotes: Fashion is not frivolous. It is a part of being alive today.

Fashion is not frivolous. It is a part of being alive today.

Mary Quant quotes: My garden in England is full of eating-out places, for heat waves, warm September evenings, or lunch on a frosty Christmas morning.

My garden in England is full of eating-out places, for heat waves, warm September evenings, or lunch on a frosty Christmas morning.

Mary Quant quotes: I think to myself, 'You lucky woman - how did you have all this fun?'

I think to myself, 'You lucky woman - how did you have all this fun?'

Mary Quant quotes: Many of my friends are chefs, and I learnt to cook watching them.

Many of my friends are chefs, and I learnt to cook watching them.

Mary Quant quotes: I didn't get fat even when I was pregnant. You have to work very hard at staying slim, and it's a bore. But it's worth it.

I didn't get fat even when I was pregnant. You have to work very hard at staying slim, and it's a bore. But it's worth it.

Mary Quant quotes: People only see permissiveness in the sense of having more.

People only see permissiveness in the sense of having more.

Mary Quant quotes: I can't imagine not working, really. I just think work's more fun than fun.

I can't imagine not working, really. I just think work's more fun than fun.

Mary Quant quotes: Rules are invented for lazy people who don't want to think for themselves.

Rules are invented for lazy people who don't want to think for themselves.

Mary Quant quotes: I used to start re-arranging my school uniform, hitching up my skirt to be more exciting-looking.

I used to start re-arranging my school uniform, hitching up my skirt to be more exciting-looking.

Mary Quant quotes: I designed the miniskirt that caused so much havoc in the Sixties - the miniskirt that was such fun but has travelled well to today.

I designed the miniskirt that caused so much havoc in the Sixties - the miniskirt that was such fun but has travelled well to today.

Mary Quant quotes: For one thing, I am still working as an adviser on fashion, design and colour and stuff.

For one thing, I am still working as an adviser on fashion, design and colour and stuff.

Mary Quant quotes: My favourite Nice restaurant is in the market. It's open mainly for the market people, and shuts in August.

My favourite Nice restaurant is in the market. It's open mainly for the market people, and shuts in August.

Mary Quant quotes: Risk it; go for it. Life always gives you another chance, another go at it. It's very important to take enormous risks.

Risk it; go for it. Life always gives you another chance, another go at it. It's very important to take enormous risks.

Mary Quant quotes: Of course, I remember when everybody was thin. It wasn't until I went to America in the Sixties that I saw anyone who wasn't skinny thin.

Of course, I remember when everybody was thin. It wasn't until I went to America in the Sixties that I saw anyone who wasn't skinny thin.

Mary Quant quotes: The Lord's Prayer is the most perfect piece of poetry. I always feel at peace and moved when I recite it.

The Lord's Prayer is the most perfect piece of poetry. I always feel at peace and moved when I recite it.

Mary Quant quotes: One of the things I've learned is never to horde ideas, because either they are not so relevant or they've gone stale. Whatever it is, pour it out.

One of the things I've learned is never to horde ideas, because either they are not so relevant or they've gone stale. Whatever it is, pour it out.

Mary Quant quotes: People call things 'vulgar' when they are new to them. When they have become old, they become 'good taste.'

People call things 'vulgar' when they are new to them. When they have become old, they become 'good taste.'

Mary Quant quotes: All a designer can do is to anticipate a mood before people realize that they are bored. It is simply a matter of getting bored first

All a designer can do is to anticipate a mood before people realize that they are bored. It is simply a matter of getting bored first

Mary Quant quotes: One thing I longed to do was to design a complete look, from head to toe, so I started a make-up line in 1966.

One thing I longed to do was to design a complete look, from head to toe, so I started a make-up line in 1966.

Mary Quant quotes: I still like the King's Road. It is very alive; it is a hustle of things from different countries and so on. It is lovely.

I still like the King's Road. It is very alive; it is a hustle of things from different countries and so on. It is lovely.

Mary Quant quotes: I've always loved painting and drawing. I wish I'd developed it more and exhibited.

I've always loved painting and drawing. I wish I'd developed it more and exhibited.

Mary Quant quotes: Good taste is death. Vulgarity is life.

Good taste is death. Vulgarity is life.