Quotes from Daphne:

“We need better things, not more. We should not pollute the world with meaningless, unused things when we can make and support things of rare and precious beauty.”

“‘Love is agony, isn’t it?…I’ve been involved with someone for some time now but it’s all so complicated. It’s never straightforward is it? You meet someone, you fall in love, it’s the most wonderful thing ever but… There’s always something that’s not quite right about love, isn’t there?’”

“I’m not eccentric! I’m very level-headed. Not eccentric, imaginative! When people say you are eccentric, they are trying to do you down or say you’re crazy.”

“With this sale, hope completes the circle that began ten years ago when one of my best friends [Isabella Blow], became noticeably ill. To a great degree it is a mysterious condition that can be misdiagnosed and there needs to be more research.”
—On her auction at Christies today to Benefit the Isabella Blow collection

“Part of being a conscious human being, is having an intention. And if you put an intention into whatever you do, it’s definitely going to be more satisfying in the end”

Quotes About Daphne

“She’s as sharp as razor blades, highly intelligent, very cultured, and she knows everything about fashion – from collar to cuffs. She knows what is good – what good is – and she knows exactly what she wants. She wants something that has never been seen before – and that’s a tall order.”
-Philip Treacy

“Daphne Guinness represents a continuum with the rich tradition of British and Anglo-Irish women possessed of unique and idiosyncratic flair for fashion and dramatic self-presnetaion. In fact, she is related to a great many of them, from the multi-faceted Mitford sisters, to the madcap triumvirate of Jazz-Age Guinness sisters, Maureen, Oona, and Aileen.”
-Hamish Bowles

“There are movie stars you see in film or characters in a novel that are an idealized version of what we dream life to be about, and rarely is this great expectation met. But Daphne is the exception: She is the embodiment of the ideal—beautiful, chic, fiercely intelligent and kind.”
-Stephen Klein

“Her style is completely unique and often eccentric, but her keen understanding of her looks, her body, and most importantly her character and personality, make everything that she wears feel as though it has been made for her – and, of course, in many instances it has. Daphne…realizes that other things in life are much more important and so she has not fear when it comes to dressing, and this fearlessness and total security with who whe is as a woman creates a dazzling character.”
-Tom Ford

“Daffles, will you just pack a suitcase and we’ll do a little project?”
-David LaChapelle

“Daphne amazes me all the time,” says Valentino. “When I think she has reached the best, then she comes up with something better.”

“Life is a stage for Daphne. She can steal the show from every other girl in the room, but they don’t mind, because she’s so sweet that everybody has to love her.”
-Valentino

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