Malcolm Mclaren
Malcolm Mclaren
Malcolm Robert Andrew McLarenwas a British musician, impresario, visual artist, performer, clothes designer and boutique owner, notable for combining these activities in an inventive and provocative way...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth22 January 1946
art benign failure far flamboyant school success taught
Art school had taught me it was far better to be a flamboyant failure than any kind of benign success.
art communication technology
Through all aspects of society be it art, design, the financial markets, government, technology or communications we are witnessing unprecedented global transformation - the result of which is impossible to predict.
art pistols canvas
The Pistols were like my work of art. They were my canvas.
art stealing-things world
Stealing things is a glorious occupation, particularly in the art world.
morning art believe
I was taught that to create anything you had to believe in failure, simply because you had to be prepared to go through an idea without any fear. Failure, you learned, as I did in art school, to be a wonderful thing. It allowed you to get up in the morning and take the pillow off your head.
girl mother art
I left school at 16 and my mother got me a job as a trainee wine taster. But one day I followed some girls into St Martin's art school and saw a voluptuous woman sitting on a stool being sketched. I decided to get myself fired.
fashion art design
Punk's influence on music, movies, art, design and fashion is no longer in doubt. It is used as the measurement for what is cool.