When a woman becomes her own best friend life is easier.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the importance of self-love and companionship with oneself for a simpler and more fulfilling life.
Diane Von Furstenberg highlights the transformative power of self-acceptance and friendship with oneself. When a woman learns to appreciate and support herself like a true friend, she can navigate life's challenges more easily, leading to greater happiness and resilience.
In practice
During a women's empowerment seminar, this quote could inspire attendees to prioritize self-care.
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.
I'm just doing the best I can now to keep this going... trying to grow up and remain young at the same time.
There are people looking for exactly what you have to offer, and you are being brought together on the checkerboard of life.
I am sure care's an enemy to life.
I want to go everywhere, look at and listen to everything. You can go crazy with some of the wonderful stuff there is in life.
You can tell someone you love them first. You can try to speak only the truth for a whole week. You can jump out of an airplane or spend Christmas Day all by your lonesome. You can help people who need help and fight real bad guys. You can dance fast or take an improv class or do one of those Ironman things⦠Adventure and danger can be good for your heart and soul.
I was eleven, then I was sixteen. Though no honors came my way, those were the lovely years.
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