Stay small and control it yourself.

I'm not that interested in fashion... When someone says that lime-green is the new black for this season, you just want to tell them to get a life.

Fashion is more usually a gentle progression of revisited ideas.

Don't be limited by the expectations of others. You can always be better and do more.

Never cut corners, or accept anything that's second-rate.

I don't have regrets because they are negative.

I've generally got a good eye for design and proportion.

I was getting a lot of editorial, as in lots of pages in 'Vogue,' but it's far more important to get your dresses on the back of a famous person. Charlotte Rampling in Bruce Oldfield. That sells.

I mean, you can't walk down the aisle in Westminster Abbey in a strapless dress, it just won't happen - it has to suit the grandeur of that aisle, it's enormous.

I come from very humble origins, so the last thing I would ever do is to look down my nose at people who can't afford to come here to my shop.

Don't take things too seriously.

Fear is an uneasiness of the mind upon the thought of a future evil likely to befall us.

Enlightenment does not ask you to be perfect; it simply asks you to find perfection right where you stand.

The secret to life is trusting yourself and loving who you are, just the way you are.

From the Taoist point of view, the natural result of this harmonious way of living is happiness.

Children who plan their own goals, set weekly schedules, evaluate their own work build up their frontal cortex and take more control over their lives.

You know, independent films have been institutionalized, practically. Every studio has got a boutique arthouse label.

When I was a kid, I slept on rubber sheets, but now, I'm a man. And I can take the wetness!

Though everyone has an equal right to speak, not all have earned an equal right to be taken seriously.

The gas-law of learning: . . . any amount of information no matter how small will fill any intellectual void no matter how large.

Most people think of poise as calm, self-assured dignity; but I call it “just being you”.