Diane Von Furstenberg

The most important relationship you have in life is the one you have with yourself. And then after that, I'd say once you have that, it may be hard work, but you can actually design your life.

If you pay attention, everyone is a novel. The most boring person, if you sit down and really listen, is someone interesting.

Beauty is perfect in its imperfections, so you just have to go with the imperfections.

Animals come from nature. They were not designed. All my inspiration comes from nature, whether it's an animal or the layout of bark or of a leaf. Sometimes my patterns are very bold, and you can barely see where they come from, but all the textures and all the prints come out of nature.

I always wanted to be a femme fatale. Even when I was a young girl, I never really wanted to be a girl. I wanted to be a woman.

My best friend is me, and I take good care of me.

My mother never, ever told me about evilness. She only saw the beautiful things... she wanted to protect me from it.

Women are strong. We can do it all. But not always at the same time.

When a woman becomes her own best friend life is easier.

I never modeled myself after anyone. The person who had most influence on me was my mother, but it was really for her strength and courage more than her style, even though she had a lot of style. In a weird way, looking at pictures of me when I was 17 or 18, I was dressing the same way. I haven't changed very much.

I have always been attracted to clothes designed by women. Coco Chanel, Vionnet, Norma Kamali, Donna Karan. They have a little more - how do I put it? - understanding.

I never like to think that I design for a particular person. I design for the woman I wanted to be, the woman I used to be, and - to some degree - the woman I'm still a little piece of.

The success of every single woman is the inspiration for another.

The whole point about beauty is its imperfection.

For me, traveling and living are the same. How you travel is a symbol of your life.

We all have a Wonder Woman inside us.

I was fortunate to become the woman I always wanted to be.

Clarity is the most important thing. I can compare clarity to pruning in gardening. You know, you need to be clear. If you are not clear, nothing is going to happen. You have to be clear. Then you have to be confident about your vision. And after that, you just have to put a lot of work in.

I must have books everywhere. They're the soul of a room-they reveal the taste, the interests, and the secrets of whoever lives there.

Generosity is the best investment.

In all circumstances, I always look for the light and build around it, with little memory of pain.