Stella McCartney Quotes

It's immoral that people make money out of writing crap, but I try not to obsess about it. I don't want to spend my life being angry.

I think the moment that I'm very proud of is building a business without using animals. And, hopefully, changing people's perception of how you can do luxury fashion.

I love that you can have the language between the two worlds of technology and fashion, because I don't think that many designers get to do that.

The really great thing about my shoe store is that there's not one dead animal in it.

People think I'm strong, but actually I wanted to crawl away. I thought, I'm going to live in the country with my horse and I'll get a nine-to-five; I don't need this.

I don't use specific brands really. It's just that for my skin, I need as high an SPF factor as I can get my hands on. That's the only rule.

I was brought up to understand that we are all here on planet earth together.

I think it took me a little while to be true to myself as a designer, and in some ways I'm still trying to do that. I have to choose things that come naturally to me. Whenever I challenge something too much or try too hard, it never quite works out.

I wanted to feel good about the way I looked. I didn't understand why style had to be sacrificed for sports technology. I found when going to the gym women were wearing their own tees, without the technology. I started to think, does it make you run faster if you wear that terrible color or sweat less if you wear that horrible fabric? And I challenged it, and the answers were not there to why we were being given poor design work. It was something I wanted to bring to women's wardrobes.

My mum taught me to have a soul.

Everyone can do simple things to make a difference, and every little bit really does count.

I'm incredibly sad that my mother's not here to see my kids and that my kids don't get to know her. And she didn't meet my husband. That's one of the hardest things. I don't even know how to put that into words.

I feel like a different person since my mum passed away, like I'm driving a ship with my husband alongside me and we're leading these four children into unknown waters.

Strength on its own in a woman is quite abrasive and not terribly attractive all the time,

More than anything I want to be fit so I don't get out of breath when I play football with the kids.

The consumption of animals - whether you're wearing them or eating them - is extraordinarily damaging to the planet. There are over a billion animals killed a year for food, half of which don't even get eaten. And there's over 50 million animals killed just for fashion.

Most male painters have historically admired the female form. It's got a lot going for it.

Success financially is a measure of creative success, it is the same in all arts.

I'd rather people turn up than not. And of course I'd rather have people be enthusiastic.

People work better when they are afforded to be themselves

You feel like everyone hates you if you've got a good life, now I feel maybe it's allowed because I've had my share of sadness.

I literally have meetings at eight o'clock in the morning, and I finish at nine o'clock at night. It sounds pathetic, but I don't even have time to go shopping.

Losing my mum. That was a punch-me moment.

For me, singing is the most natural thing in the world. I've grown up with it and I know I've got that gift.

You have to be hopeful that people will be more educated in how they buy things, and hopefully more luxury brands will start to think that way on a longer-term basis.

I loved all those Doris Day visuals of her being a tomboy and then changing into this gorgeous girl in a ballgown.

It's one of my biggest internal struggles - the whole schooling system in London and the fact that my kids are going to a posh school. It freaks me out.

If you try to create something people enjoy, and it happens to be made in a responsible way, then that's when you can really strike an incredible balance.

For me, women's ski wear has always been black and, again, not as feminine or sexy as I think it could look while still having the technology there.

We always had our own vegetables growing up and now I'm doing it with my kids at our house in the country.

It's not about what it looks like in the studio or on the runway. It's what it looks like on a real person that matters.

There's nothing fashionable about a dead animal that has been cruelly killed just because some people think it looks cool to wear.

I ride my bike, I work out, I do a bit of, er, dancey things.

I run a lot. If I don't have time to go to the gym or don't have time to work out properly, I will go for a quick run. I think running is a great way to stay fit, and I really concentrate on fitting into a realistic urban lifestyle.

Depending on the season, between 20 and 30 percent of my collections contain some sort of eco or sustainable element, whether it's a beautiful organic fabric or a natural dye. And obviously I don't use animal skins or fur of any kind.

If people stop liking my clothes, I'll make a record.

The main challenge is technology and that's something I really push and work closely with Adidas on. They're real leaders in sports performance; always trying to push that further and further and get the best technology they can. That takes time and has rigorous testing, it's very laborious, but it's also very rewarding. You get to work with fantastic athletes, and that's a fantastic thing that has nothing to do with my day job in ready-to-wear.

There's no excuse for fur in this day and age.

Running is a huge category for us. To be able to run to work and have lightweight, breathable, windproof materials you can chuck in your bag that work on technical level but also on a lifestyle level are really important to me. I work out - and I think most people do - and I want to encourage women and inspire them in a way that fits in with their lifestyle.

The really great thing about my shop is that there's not one dead animal in it ... Manolo's got a load of fabric shoes as well! We use plastic, fabric, rubber- anything but leather. I almost feel like I've been put here to show everyone that it's unnecessary.

I am a fashion designer. I'm not an environmentalist. When I get up in the morning, number one I'm a mother and a wife, and number two I design clothes. So the main thing I need to do is create, hopefully, exquisitely beautiful, desirable objects for my customer.

I used to get embarrassed about the fact I liked fashion. I still get a bit cringy.

As a designer, I like to work with fabrics that don't bleed; that's why I avoid all animal skins.

I think my mum was really very ahead of her time. She wore very little makeup. She really explored the way that she wore clothes in a very honest way. She wore a lot of vintage stuff and mixed it with bespoke men's tailoring and things like that. That was a huge influence on me, seeing a woman in the spotlight carry herself in that kind of way. But mostly, for me, it was just that she was an incredibly honest and sort of natural person.

I confess to being a frustrated musician.

It's incredibly important that if you have the dream of having your own house, you don't pretend to be something you're not. Ultimately, it's unsustainable and people will see through. You have to work; you can't expect your dreams to be handed to you on a plate.

I'm not offended or embarrassed by the fact that I design clothes for women to wear. So when I meet women who love my clothes, it's a really good, straightforward thing. It makes me feel like I'm doing my job right.

I get a real kick out of it, seeing people wear my designs.

Being effortless is the coolest thing in the world