Mary Quant Quotations

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

I have been on a diet since 1962.

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

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

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

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

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

Coco Chanel hated me. I can understand why.