I obviously don't feel under pressure to look young, because I have had no Botox or surgery. I don't judge people who choose to have it, but I don't want to erase who I am.
Interpretation
This quote expresses the speaker's acceptance of aging and self-identity, while recognizing others' choices regarding cosmetic enhancements.
Diane Von Furstenberg's quote reflects a philosophy of embracing one's natural self and the aging process without succumbing to societal pressures to conform to youthful beauty standards. She emphasizes the importance of self-acceptance and authenticity, stating that while she does not criticize those who opt for cosmetic procedures, she personally prefers to retain her original self, highlighting a deeper conversation about identity and societal expectations.
In practice
In a speech about body positivity, one might reference this quote to emphasize the importance of self-acceptance.
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.
You want to be paid as well, you virtuous! You want reward for virtue, and heaven for earth, and eternity for your today?
Stories can break the dignity of a people, but stories can also repair that broken dignity.
Our brain accepts what the eyes see and our eye looks for whatever our brain wants.
What we see in the outer is but a reflection of the inner, because we surround ourselves with a picture of our own beliefs. In other words, we manifest in general what we seriously think and believe. So if we want to find out what our habitual thinking is like, we have but to look around us and ask ourselves what we really see.
Most important, however, is the third avenue to meaning in life: even the helpless victim of a_x000D_ _x000D_ hopeless situation, facing a fate he cannot change, may rise above himself, may grow beyond_x000D_ _x000D_ himself, and by so doing change himself. He may turn a personal tragedy into a triumph.
I grew up in traditional black patriarchal culture and there is no doubt that I’m going to take a great many unconscious, but present, patriarchal complicities to the grave because it so deeply ensconced in how I look at the world. Therefore, very much like alcoholism, drug addiction, or racism patriarchy is a disease and we are in perennial recovery and relapse. So you have to get up every morning and struggle against it.
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