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.
Interpretation
The relationship you have with yourself is crucial and influences all other aspects of your life.
Diane Von Furstenberg emphasizes the significance of self-relationship as the foundation for all other relationships and personal endeavors. By nurturing a positive and understanding relationship with oneself, individuals not only gain self-awareness but also empower themselves to intentionally design and craft their life's path, even if it requires effort and dedication.
In practice
During a motivational speech advocating for self-improvement, you can quote this to highlight the importance of self-relationship.
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.
No day is safe from news of you.
It is hard, if not impossible, to snub a beautiful woman - they remain beautiful and the snub recoils.
There's a whole world of people out here whose experiences are not being reflected in the media that they're reading. And that does affect the way we view ourselves... and the people we think we can be.
If you have the opportunity to do amazing things in your life, I strongly encourage you to invite someone to join you.
...real loneliness is having no one to miss. Think yourself lucky you've known something worth missing.
Help one another is part of the religion of our sisterhood.
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