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.
All we sell is the Greatest feeling on Earth
Sometimes when you're young, you have moments of such happiness, you think you're living on someplace magical, like Atlantis must have been. Then we grow up and our hearts break into two.
Seeking happiness in material things is a sure way of being unhappy.
I've spent so much time feeling ugly and being treated as ugly as a result. But I changed my attitude and said, βIβm beautiful because I love everybody as much as I can. Iβm beautiful because I have wonderful friends. And Iβm beautiful because I say I am. Iβve earned it, and Iβm gonna be it.
Before you ever receive the wonderful treasures of a happy life, you must first give. Give of yourself. Be of service to others. Only what you give can be multiplied back into your own life.
There is a calmness to a life lived in gratitude, a quiet joy.
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