Vivienne Westwood Punk Quotes & Sayings

My son has followed fashion since he was a punk. He and I agree that fashion is about sex. — Vivienne Westwood

For decades, Japan has been a friend and reliable trading partner with the United States, and I anticipate that relationship will prosper. — Jim Costa

The reason why I am proud of my part in the punk movement is that I think it really did implant a message that was already there. The hippies told it to me, but punk made it something cool for people to stand up for, which is that we do not believe government, that we are against government. — Vivienne Westwood

Vivienne Westwood really inspires me. I love her punk ethos. — Charli XCX

I was a punk before it got its name. I had that hairstyle and purple lipstick. — Vivienne Westwood

It's true the punk fashion itself was iconographic: rips and dirt, safety pins, zips, slogans, and hairstyles. These motifs were so iconic in themselves - motifs of rebellion. — Vivienne Westwood

I was the first person to have a punk rock hairstyle. — Vivienne Westwood

It was because historians made it sound so coherent, so purposeful, so complete. They'd take an entire century and impose a meaning on it, a personality, a destiny-and his was, of course, a lie. — Anne Rice

If the prosecution of crime is to be conducted with so little regard for that protection which centuries of English law have given to the individual, we are indeed at the dawn of a new era; and much that we have deemed vital to our liberties, is a delusion. — Learned Hand

When we step in the name of love, we cannot rhyme if we don't have the same RHYTHM, and we cannot have the same rhythm if we are not listening to the same BEAT.
It takes someone who understands the rhythm and melody of your "heartbeat" to dance to it. — Olaotan Fawehinmi

But we can't impose our own goals, wishes, or help on anyone. We can only teach, support, and love. We give them more opportunities, more choices. Then we love them regardless of the choices they make, hoping that they will learn to make better ones in the future. — Stacey Bess

I didn't consider myself a fashion designer at all at the time of punk. I was just using fashion as a way to express my resistance and to be rebellious. I came from the country, and by the time I got to London, I considered myself to be very stupid. It was my ambition to understand the world I live in. — Vivienne Westwood

When we started to do punk, we put all of these things together to create the look of an urban guerrilla - a rebel. — Vivienne Westwood

I was so upset with what was going on in the world. I just couldn't stand the idea of being people tortured and that we even had such a thing as war. I hated the older generation, who had not done anything about it. Punk was a call-to-arms for me. — Vivienne Westwood

My grandpa was a preacher. — Dolly Parton

I don't think punk fashion is a specter or overemphasized - it made a big impression, as there had never been anything like it before. — Vivienne Westwood