You're always with yourself, so you might as well enjoy the company.
Interpretation
Embrace and appreciate your own presence and self-worth.
Diane Von Furstenberg's quote emphasizes the importance of self-acceptance and self-enjoyment. Since we are our own constant companions throughout life, finding joy and comfort within ourselves is essential for a fulfilling life. This idea advocates for fostering a positive relationship with oneself, which ultimately enhances overall happiness and personal well-being.
In practice
During a motivational speech about self-love and happiness.
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.
A challenging economy is always good for design. It unites necessity and functionality. You are forced to be creative with poor materials.
I design for the woman who loves being a woman.
Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.
What Western society teaches us is that if you get enough money, power, and beautiful people to have sex with, that's going to bring you happiness. That's what every commercial, every magazine, music, movie teaches us. That's a fallacy.
We live in an ascending scale when we live happily, one thing leading to another in an endless series.
Happiness presents itself to man, wearing the crown of sorrow on its head. He who welcomes it must also welcome sorrow.
Reacting to the world with a smile instead of a curse, a wave instead of the middle finger, will actually help you live longer.
I like this place and could willingly waste my time in it.
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