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I didn't get fat even when I was pregnant. You have to work very hard at staying slim, and it's a bore. But it's worth it.

I dressed like Leslie Caron as a teenager: soft school pleats, Peter Pan collars.

I liked masculine fabrics: Prince of Wales checks, city pinstripes, and flannels - worn with black tights, flattish shoes.

The miniskirt caused an extraordinarily powerful reaction. There were the people who hated it.

For one thing, I am still working as an adviser on fashion, design and colour and stuff.

I have an awful lot of energy.

I can't imagine not working, really. I just think work's more fun than fun.

Coco Chanel hated me. I can understand why.

I've always loved painting and drawing. I wish I'd developed it more and exhibited.

I long for my garden to be complete. Working in it is one of my joys, but it will never be finished because it's forever changing with the seasons.

Mary Quant