Top 60 Victoria Beckham Quotes

I can relax in L.A. I think I’m the only person in that town who doesn’t want to act. I was an OK singer. I was an OK dancer. But acting? Never could do it.

I don’t have to work; I need to work.

I have always loved fashion since I was a kid and customized my school uniforms.

I do like to make things difficult for myself and my team, just from taking on a challenge, if you like.

I’m feminine, but I wouldn’t say that I’m girly in any way at all.

I’ve only ever tried to be me.

My dresses are for women of all different shapes and sizes. Actually, the one I tried on yesterday was the one Jennifer wore. And who’d have thought I’d be the same size as Jennifer Lopez!

I love what I do professionally, I’m really blessed. But my priority is my husband and my children.

The kind of person who’s going to stand on the red carpet and love the attention and have the big grin – I’m just not like that. I want to get in there, do what I’ve got to do, and get home to my kids.

I like to make the best of what I have. I’m not a supermodel, clearly. I’m not a makeup artist. I’m a real woman.

For me to go to America – which I find such a positive place – well, I took to it like a duck to water.

I want to evolve each season. I never want to be one of those brands where people know what they’re going to see. I always want an element of surprise. One thing I never want to do is copy what anybody else is doing. I have a signature, and it’s very important to me to stay true to that.

These people are amazing. It’s so emotional I was thinking about wearing waterproof mascara.

You’ve got to trust people. And because I am a control freak, sometimes that’s difficult for me, because I want to micro-manage absolutely everything. I can’t hand over. But I’m trying to do that more.

Everything that I design I would wear myself.

I love fashion, and that’s how I express myself.

I’m not materialistic. I believe in presents from the heart, like a drawing that a child does.

The glass is always half full: I have no time for anything negative – and actually, I’ve bought crystals for all my team, so they all carry crystals as well.

I’m definitely a glass-is-always-half-full, not half-empty, kind of person. Which is why I love living in America.

I was an okay singer. I was an okay dancer. But acting? Never could do it.

If you have a surreal life like I do, you’ve got to have fun along the way.

Was music my talent really? No, I don’t think I was particularly talented.

I’m a very, very healthy eater. I eat lots of fish, lots of vegetables, lots of fruit. I don’t eat junk food.

Sometimes I really wish that I could sit back and enjoy it, live in the moment more. But I am terrified, and I want to better myself, not that I want to prove anything to anyone other than myself. I am ambitious, and there are many things I want to do. It doesn’t get any easier.

I’m still me even after all that’s happened.

I’ve got great people who handle my schedule, and everything does revolve around the children. If there’s a parents’ night or an Easter bonnet parade or a Nativity play, whatever it might be, then I plan everything around that.

The older you get, the more comfortable you become with yourself, and you accept what you have physically.

We are like a traveling circus, our family! We sing, we dance, we do football, we do fashion.

When I started out in fashion, everything had to be very structured and tight and controlling, and now I’m getting to a point where I think – I could wear a great big parka, that could be quite fabulous. I haven’t always got to show off my size, show off my shape. It’s a turning point for me.

I’m very lucky to have a job that I love.

My aim is to create the perfect dress!

People always think I’m taller than I am – not just because of the shoes I wear but because of the way I dress. It’s all relatively streamlined.

I’ve never been a six-foot-tall, skinny model, so therefore, I want to create an illusion. People always think I’m taller than I am – not just because of the shoes I wear but because of the way I dress. It’s all relatively streamlined.

I’ve been in the public eye now for about 15 or 16 years, and I’m very aware that fame is not a given. I have to maintain it. It’s not just something that will always be there. But I’ve always been a worker. I’ve never expected be given anything.

My children are my priority and always have been.

Even if you’re not being chased by paparazzi, there will be someone doing selfies, so everybody has to be camera-ready all the time. Whoever you are, everybody has to be ready now!

After dinner I’ll catch up with emails. And when I’m lying in bed, I think about the next collection. That makes me sound insane, doesn’t it? That I’m getting into bed with David Beckham and thinking about clothes?

I’ll admit it: I’m a control freak. I am. If I’m going to do something, I’m going to do it 110% or there’s no point in doing it at all, especially if the work takes me away from time with my husband and children.

I want to reach as many women throughout the world as I can.

I looooove Miss Piggy.

I am a control freak. I am very hands on and pay attention to details.

I’m very focused on what I do professionally, and I’m very focused on my family, and I don’t really get too stressed out about what people say or what other people think. In fact, it’s not on my radar at all. If there’s anything negative, I don’t want to know about it. I just do my own thing and get on with my life.

When people ask if I have any advice for young designers, the best advice I could ever give to somebody is to work for someone else, when you are playing with someone else’s money. It is very expensive when you start doing it on your own.

When I was on stage with the Spice Girls, I thought people were there to see the other four and not me.

The whole European Federal plan is ridiculous. We are patriotic. The single currency is an outrage. We want the Queen’s head – or the King’s head, if we have a king – on our own coins.

I don’t like laziness or cutting corners.

I’m living in Beverly Hills. I’m very, very lucky. I wake up every morning and I recognize that I’m blessed.

There are two types of women out there: there’s the kind of woman who finds something nice and likes to keep it to herself, and then there’s the other type, which is me, who wants to share.

Strong women, that’s who I really respect.

For me, doing a show is great, but I want women to be able to wear the clothes easily as well.

I wake up every morning and I feel like I’m juggling glass balls. I live in Los Angeles, my business is run out of London, and most evenings I’m cuddled up in front of Skype, in my dressing gown, speaking with my studio in London. I travel a lot, my team travel a lot, but I wouldn’t have it any other way.

When I dress in a certain way and do my hair and makeup in a certain way, it’s not to get attention.

I really am into crystals. I’m a real positive thinker. I believe in creative visualisation.

I want a big house with a moat and dragons and a fort to keep people out.

First and foremost, I feel very lucky to have the family I have, so I would like my family to stay happy and healthy.

I think I’ve achieved a lot in 41 years. I like how 41 feels; I feel good. I don’t like how it sounds too much.

Contrary to rumor, sometimes I can be quite a laugh.

When you’re in a position to be paparazzi-ed just walking down the street, you’d look a little daft if you were smiling all the time.

What’s David’s role? David looks good, that’s what David does. David looks good, and I’m the funny one, that’s what I hear constantly. But I keep telling him that looks fade.

I find that even the simplest of dresses, if it has the correct seaming and the correct fabric, whatever shape or size you are, it can change the way you hold yourself.