I was always dancing and acrobatics was my specialty.

- Betsey Johnson

I never wanted to join fashion industry or being another Donna or another Dianne. I made clothes that I wanted to wear. I would cut, I would sew and …

- Betsey Johnson

Hard times always lead to something great.

- Betsey Johnson

Girls do not dress for boys. They dress for themselves, of course, each other. If girls dressed for boys, they'd just walk around naked at all times.

- Betsey Johnson

Keep your sunny side up, keep yourself beautiful, and indulge yourself!

- Betsey Johnson

If a girl comes to me first for a prom or a bar mitzvah and she likes the way she looks and her boyfriend likes the way she looks, she'll come back.

- Betsey Johnson

Real success is being totally indulgent about your own trip. You put your blinders on about the garbage and go full speed ahead.

- Betsey Johnson

You have to hold onto your fantasy.

- Betsey Johnson

Just to see what a pink dress can mean to a woman, any woman, but a disabled woman, that's extra special and thrilling because they shouldn't be sepa…

- Betsey Johnson