I never read gossip press. I just read books. And I never switch on the TV any more. Daphne Guinness More Quotes by Daphne Guinness More Quotes From Daphne Guinness We need a government, not politics. Because there's too much politics. Of course there should be debate. But there seems to be so much pettiness and not enough good faith. It is civilized to agree to disagree, and this idea is slowly disintegrating. The great statesmen of the past knew this, and I think it helps drive civilization. Daphne Guinness civilizationpastthinking Everyone wants to get behind the red rope, but actually: be yourself, don't believe what you see, don't believe all this marketing. Daphne Guinness being-yourselfmarketingbelieve Fragrance takes you on a journey of time. You can walk down the street and pass someone and get taken back 20 years. It's very Proustian that way. Daphne Guinness takenjourneyyears Holding a note is a very difficult thing - you have to use your whole body to achieve a perfect pitch. Daphne Guinness bodyuseperfect Human beings all mimic each other. Daphne Guinness human-beingshumans I play piano and I sing. But I do that for fun. I mean, I do everything for fun. Daphne Guinness playfunmean I think now it's a very odd time in politics. It should be mostly about good governing. We need a government, not politics. Because there's too much politics. Of course there should be debate. But there seems to be so much pettiness and not enough good faith. It is civilized to agree to disagree and this idea is slowly disintegrating. The great statesmen of the past knew this, and I think it helps drive civilization. Daphne Guinness helpingpastthinking I hate the idea of making any of my children into a mini-me. That would be terrible. Daphne Guinness hatechildrenideas I don't tell anybody else what to wear. I would never dream of it. Daphne Guinness dream I don't dress for effect, and I think that it never works out when someone does. Daphne Guinness work-outdressesthinking My basic mathematics is rather weak, so when some of the theories are broken into equations, I get rather lost. Daphne Guinness mathematicsbrokenweak Eccentric is a difficult word because it's come to mean crazy. Avant-garde would be better. Eccentric is not "centric" in terms of having a center. Because sometimes it's used in a derogatory context. Daphne Guinness crazysometimesmean I'm always reading many books at a time. It might be quite unorthodox, but what I do is, since I'm always surrounded with books, I'll read a page of physics, and then I'll read a chapter of a novel that I really love, and then I'll say, "Oh well, what does that mixture do in my head?" I adore reference books. I love encyclopedias. I also like just going back to original texts, because a lot of these self-help books today. Daphne Guinness readingtodaybook I'm normally late, so I just kind of throw on the sort of thing that's at hand. And then I'll go through phases of wearing the same thing again and again and again - and my wardrobe is mainly about black and white, so it goes together. I'll play with certain elements, but I don't really think about it too much. Daphne Guinness black-and-whiteblackwhitetogether Oh, I love tea. I have to take tea bags wherever I go. Daphne Guinness wherevergotealove I treat clothing or a piece of jewelry like it was a piece of art, even though people who collect clothes get a bad rap because they're told it's all vanity. Daphne Guinness jewelryclothespeopleart I have a four-and-a-half-, nearly five-octave range. I probably should have had extra lessons as a child, as I am certain my family heard my potential, but I didn't. I was in the choir as a schoolgirl, but really, it is all self-taught. Daphne Guinness potentiali-amchildfamily It's quite nice to have a place to leave things. You can be a permanent gypsy, but it's nice to go home. Daphne Guinness placeyounicehome I've always been more slight, and I've always sort of felt that I needed to be protected, especially with so many rowdy brothers and sisters. Daphne Guinness sistersmorebeenalways 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? Daphne Guinness youtimelove-islove
