Best 60 quotes of Stella Mccartney on MyQuotes

A little black dress is something to rely on. To fill you with confidence and ease. To have an attitude that is pure and effortless, yet sexy and classy.

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

At the end of the day I separate things; my life is my life and my work is my work.

Being effortless is the coolest thing in the world

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.

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.

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.

I can honestly say this industry hasn't made me neurotic about my looks, except maybe my weight. I hope my clothes kind of reflect that. They're meant to make you feel good.

I confess to being a frustrated musician.

I didn't want to be thirtysomething and not know what I was going to do. I was quite afraid of that, there were quite a lot of aimless kids around, in that 'other' side of my life, who didn't really know what to do because they always had a bank balance to fall back on and they were quite lost.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

I´m a real believer that just doing a little something is a lot better than doing a lot of nothing.

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 never wanted to make it too easy for people to sum me up.

I personally love sportswear, and love using it in high fashion.

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.

I think deep down I'm spiritual, but there's nothing I practice.

I think it's very wrong to have the mass murder, every single day, of millions of animals.

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 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 think personal style starts from within because it´s a philosophy and an attitude. If you´re honest and true to yourself, you will have the best sense of personal style.

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.

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.

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.

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.

It's not realistic to live in the country at this stage. I've got a business in London. I beat myself up about it all the time.

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

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.

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

I was first drawn to active wear because I enjoy working out, and it's very important in this day in age. I really felt women were getting the tail end of the design in active wear; not getting the technology or design we deserved. It was reserved for men. We were getting the leftover work from the sports design houses.

Laugh my friend, for laughter ignites a fire within the pit of your belly and awakens your being.

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

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

My biggest surprises in my everyday job have to do with the challenges of trying to be slightly more responsible as a brand.

My mum taught me to have a soul.

Now, get out there and kick ass!

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.

Sometimes I wish I were less sensible.

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.

Someone from Manolo Blahnik went into my shop and said: 'These shoes are not vegetarian.' That's the highest compliment, because you just can't tell that they are, and they are. My mum taught me to have a soul.

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

The beliefs I was raised with - to respect animals and to be aware of nature, to understand that we share this planet with other creatures - have had a huge impact on me.

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.

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.