Malcolm Mclaren Quotes

A collection of quotes by Malcolm Mclaren.

Malcolm McLaren (1946-2010) was a British musician, impresario, and fashion designer. He is best known as the manager of the influential punk rock band, the Sex Pistols. McLaren played a crucial role in shaping the punk movement of the 1970s, using controversial tactics to gain media attention. He later explored various music genres and took part in artistic endeavors, constantly pushing boundaries and challenging the mainstream. McLaren's impact on the music and fashion industry remains significant, as he left an indelible mark on popular culture.

What matters is this: Being fearless of failure arms you to

What matters is this: Being fearless of failure arms you to break the rules. In doing so, you may change the culture and just possibly, for a moment, change life itself.

Malcolm Mclaren

Failure

I've always embraced failure as a noble pursuit. It allows y

I've always embraced failure as a noble pursuit. It allows you to be anti whatever anyone wants you to be, and to break all the rules.

Malcolm Mclaren

Failure

I was taught that to create anything you had to believe in f

I was taught that to create anything you had to believe in failure, simply because you had to be prepared to go through an idea without any fear. Failure, you learned, as I did in art school, to be a wonderful thing. It allowed you to get up in the morning and take the pillow off your head.

Malcolm Mclaren

Failure

I always said punk was an attitude. It was never about havin

I always said punk was an attitude. It was never about having a Mohican haircut or wearing a ripped T-shirt. It was all about destruction, and the creative potential within that.

Malcolm Mclaren

Attitude

Through all aspects of society be it art, design, the financ

Through all aspects of society be it art, design, the financial markets, government, technology or communications we are witnessing unprecedented global transformation - the result of which is impossible to predict.

Malcolm Mclaren

Design

Our culture has become something that is completely and utte

Our culture has become something that is completely and utterly in love with its parent. It's become a notion of boredom that is bought and sold, where nothing will happen except that people will become more and more terrified of tomorrow, because the new continues to look old, and the old will always look cute.

Malcolm Mclaren

Culture

Stealing things is a glorious occupation, particularly in th

Stealing things is a glorious occupation, particularly in the art world.

Malcolm Mclaren

Plagiarism

Rock and roll doesn't necessarily mean a band. It doesn't me

Rock and roll doesn't necessarily mean a band. It doesn't mean a singer, and it doesn't mean a lyric, really. It's that question of trying to be immortal.

Malcolm Mclaren

Music

Sid Vicious began the age of participation in which everyone

Sid Vicious began the age of participation in which everyone could be the artist. Sid proved that you don't have to play well to be the star. You can play badly, or not even at all. I endorsed that attitude. If you can't write songs, no problem - simply steal one and change it to your taste.

Malcolm Mclaren

Attitude

Art school had taught me it was far better to be a flamboyan

Art school had taught me it was far better to be a flamboyant failure than any kind of benign success.

Malcolm Mclaren

Failure

Everyone should be commended for allowing people to make dis

Everyone should be commended for allowing people to make disasters, to make failures - you've just got to be sure that it's a magnificent failure and that, by creating a magnificent failure, you plant the seed.

Malcolm Mclaren

Failure

Punk's influence on music, movies, art, design and fashion i

Punk's influence on music, movies, art, design and fashion is no longer in doubt. It is used as the measurement for what is cool.

Malcolm Mclaren

Cool