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Memories are like mercury. Every time you sort of try to get near them, they slip out of your hand like a bar of soap.
Daphne Guinness
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Daphne Guinness
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: November 9
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London
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Daphne Diana Joan Susanna Guinness
Daphne Suzannah Diana Guinness
Hon. Daphne Suzannah Diana Guinness
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Fashion is not just about trends. It's about political history. You can trace it from the ancient Romans to probably until the '80s, and you can see defining moments that were due either to revolutions or changes in politics.
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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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I don't regard clothing as disposable, which is probably why I have so much of it!
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I'm normally late, so I just kind of throw on the sort of thing that's at hand. And then I'll go through phases of wearing the same thing again and again and again. My wardrobe is mainly about black and white, so it goes together. I'll play with certain elements, but it's - I don't really think too much about it.
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I don't dress for effect, and I think that it never works out when someone does.
Daphne Guinness
I treat clothing or a piece of jewelry like it was a piece of art.
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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 don't approach fashion fashion approaches me!
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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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People always assume I don't need to work for money, but my divorce settlement was not as much as it's always reported to be.
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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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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.
Daphne Guinness
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.
Daphne Guinness
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.
Daphne Guinness
I play piano and I sing. But I do that for fun. I mean, I do everything for fun.
Daphne Guinness
If I eat, I can't work. I'll eat when I'm dead.
Daphne Guinness
As I got older I looked at the world and I realised, we need armour. So my jewellery and clothes became my armour
Daphne Guinness
Elizabeth Taylor was never told what to wear or paid to carry a certain handbag.
Daphne Guinness
I really don't understand the idea of a celebrity stylist. Is it a real job? I know there's unemployment, but frankly the railways need to be fixed, too.
Daphne Guinness
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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