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All Quotes by author - Diane von Furstenberg

" A challenging economy is always good for design. It unites necessity and functionality. You are forced to be creative with poor materials. "

" All I can tell you is that I've never met a woman who is not strong, but sometimes they don't let it out. Then there's a tragedy, and then all of a sudden that strength comes. My message is let the strength come out before the tragedy. "

" All women are the same, really: They are strong, but they are afraid of their own strength. "

" Animals come from nature. They were not designed. All my inspiration comes from nature, whether it's an animal or the layout of bark or of a leaf. Sometimes my patterns are very bold, and you can barely see where they come from, but all the textures and all the prints come out of nature. "

" As the president of the Council of Fashion Designers of America, I represent the designers. And while we can by no means take the blame for eating disorders, we can play our part in addressing this important issue. "

" Attitude is everything. "

" Bali and the Aman resorts are all very luxurious, great places to go. "

" Beauty is perfect in its imperfections, so you just have to go with the imperfections. "

" Clarity is the most important thing. I can compare clarity to pruning in gardening. You know, you need to be clear. If you are not clear, nothing is going to happen. You have to be clear. Then you have to be confident about your vision. And after that, you just have to put a lot of work in. "

" Confidence. If you have it, you can make anything look good. "

" Do I believe in reincarnation? Well, let's say that I believe in karma. I think you make your own karma. "

" Eighteen months before I was born, my mother was in Auschwitz. She weighed 49 pounds. She always told me that God saved her so she could give me life. I was born out of nothing. "

" Everyone knows I married a prince, and then I married a billionaire. "

" Fashion can be this mysterious thing that you can't explain. "

" Fashion is mysterious, as a rule. Why are blue jeans a classic? You just hit on something that happens to be timeless and right. "

" Fashion Week is so important for designers. "

" Go to a place where you're not going to be stressed, because a honeymoon itself can be a stressful thing. "

" Harbour Island in the Bahamas is beautiful, with turquoise water and pink sand. "

" I adore dark chocolate. "

" I always wanted to be a femme fatale. Even when I was a young girl, I never really wanted to be a girl. I wanted to be a woman. "

" I always was fascinated with China, because I was born in Europe, and for us, China had this fascination and mystery. The first time I came here was in 1989. They were on bicycles, and the speed of the growth has been incredible. "

" I am a fast dresser, 30 minutes max with hair and makeup. I don't have a uniform, but I like to be comfortable. "

" I am almost a vegetarian, and I meditate, do yoga and love to hike. "

" I am a traveler. I am a nomad. I rarely sleep in the same bed more than three or four nights. And I know hotel life better than anyone. "

" I am not allowed to be afraid. My mother made me like that. As a child, if I was afraid of the dark, she would lock me in the closet. Things like this. And she would talk about the time she spent in the concentration camp, but not about being afraid, only about the good side of it. "

" I believe that all women should have children. I think women are made to have children and to be mothers. I also think women have to have an identity outside the home. "

" I can honestly say that I understand women very well. If you understand yourself, you understand women, because, in the end, all women are the same. "

" I communicate mostly via e-mail and receive hundreds of e-mails a day. "

" I design for the woman who loves being a woman. "

" I didn't really know what I wanted to do, but I knew the woman I wanted to become. "

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