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
Fashion is a tool… to compete in life outside the home. People like you better, without knowing why, because people always react well to a person they like the looks of. – Mary Quant
When I opened my first shop, city gents were still carrying tightly furled umbrellas and wearing bowler hats. It was into this world that I launched my new ideas about fashion. – Mary Quant
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
For one thing, I am still working as an adviser on fashion, design and colour and stuff. – Mary Quant
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
In America, they never make anything without first having a market survey to ask the public what they want. People only ask for things they already know about, so you don’t get anything new that way. That’s why American fashion is stuck. – Mary Quant
I saw no reason why childhood shouldn’t last forever. So I created clothes that worked and moved and allowed people to run, to jump, to leap, to retain their precious freedom. – Mary Quant
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
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
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
The Lord’s Prayer is the most perfect piece of poetry. I always feel at peace and moved when I recite it. – Mary Quant
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
People call things ‘vulgar’ when they are new to them. When they have become old, they become ‘good taste.’ – Mary Quant
I absolutely adore cows. They’re the most fascinating, gentle and beautiful animals. Their eyes are so amazing. I have ten that live on the land around my house. I love to talk to them. There are few things better than falling asleep in a field and being woken up by an inquisitive cow. – Mary Quant
