Some fairy tales end with the girl marrying the prince... some start there.
Interpretation
The quote suggests that not all stories are the same and that life can begin in various ways, including unconventional ones.
Diane Von Furstenberg's quote highlights the difference in narratives surrounding relationships and life paths. While many fairy tales culminate in a traditional ending, such as marriage, this quote challenges the notion that life's journey must follow a set formula. Instead, it emphasizes that life can also begin with those very moments that society often sees as outcomes, inviting a reflection on the diverse ways in which our stories can unfold, particularly for women.
In practice
This quote can be used in a speech about women's empowerment at a conference.
There's design, and there's art. Good design is total harmony. There's no better designer than nature - if you look at a branch or a leaf, it's perfect. It's all function. Art is different. It's about emotion. It's about suffering and beauty - but mostly suffering!
The little black dress is the true friend...she travels with you...is patient and constant...you go to her when you don't know where else to go and she is ALWAYS reliable and timeless.
One of the most important things about fashion is to dress as well as you can, look as attractive as you can, and at the same time be comfortable with yourself. Be easy about your clothes; forget about them.
All women are strong. My mother survived Auschwitz, and fear wasn't an option when we were growing up. If we were afraid of the dark, we were put into the closet until we weren't.
You're always with yourself, so you might as well enjoy the company.
A challenging economy is always good for design. It unites necessity and functionality. You are forced to be creative with poor materials.
There's nothing illogical, it seems to me, about saying, 'I am going to care deeply about my work and my writing. I'm also going to care deeply about my family and my child.'
I have so much going on inside my head in terms of writing, there's such a large space in my life taken up by that. I can't imagine it being taken up by a husband and children and writing, and everything getting its due. I don't believe there is room for all of it. I really don't.
For I could not read or speak and on the long nights I could not turn the moon off or count the lights of cars across the ceiling.
I wanted to try this new drink: That's all we do, isn't it - look at things and try new drinks?
All you have in life is your reputation: you may be very rich, but if you lose your good name, then you'll never be happy. The thought will always lurk at the back of your mind that people don't trust you.
I live in southern Appalachia, so I'm surrounded by people who work very hard for barely a living wage. It's particularly painful that people are working the farms their parents and grandparents worked but aren't living nearly as well.
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