Top 30 Louise Wilson Quotes

As much as I might decry the students, as much as they’re a nightmare, it’s a privilege to be among youth.

I’m becoming the Simon Cowell of fashion.

Youth re-energises.

I had a fabulous childhood. Not many people have an outdoor tennis court that you’re allowed to put your ponies on and pretend you’re at Hickstead.

We had six horses, and I would compete. Jumping. Cabinets full of cups. I always won.

In the past, you’d have one magazine, it would arrive monthly, and that was your magazine. You’d devour it; you’d absorb all the knowledge in it; you’d read it over and over again.

What is good work? You just know it when you see it. You just can’t explain it.

I have very tidy cupboards. I do like a cupboard to look nice when you open it, with the labels facing forward.

I was born in Cambridgeshire and moved to Scotland when I was seven.

I never know what I want, but always know what I don’t want.

I always thought I was going to be a professional horse rider because I rode horses competitively from zero to 17 years old.

You can’t refuse to move forward when you’re educating in design, because that’s what we’re asking students to do the whole time.

Elegance for one society is not elegance for another. It’s in the eyes of the beholder.

I love hard work, energy, feeling involved.

My students are noticed by the people I respect from the quality of their work.

I believe intellect is needed in order to develop any creative output and that intellect alone is not enough!

I try to stop my students doing random things on the Internet or putting work online. It doesn’t get them jobs. This concept of being noticed, I don’t know what it brings you.

I may sound like a corny bastard, but I love fashion.

A lot of fashion might seem boring, but it is actually quite fun: the inside, the outside, the silhouette… All the different finishes. That’s a skill.

When you’re responsible for leading a group of young people, you have to be positive. If you’re not, you shouldn’t be in your job, should you?

I don’t see why you wouldn’t cry when you’re in an intense environment.

Fashion’s transient – it moves.

In ‘Who’s Who,’ my hobbies are listed as eating, sleeping, and voicing one’s opinion. Not necessarily the right opinion, but it’s mine.

I was very successful at three-day events, point-to-points, Pony Club, and gymkhana. But then I went to college, and because I had really good horses, they weren’t going to be left in the field, so they were sold.

The only thing with press attention is that it can be very draining on our energy store.

I can’t imagine taking up running.

I still believe that education is about provoking some kind of original, creative thought.

I’ve always loved books.

People think I’m rude. I’m not rude; I’m just not networking. It’s just honesty.

I always say to students, ‘You’re never going to have all the skills, but you have to have a skill.’