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

Diane von Furstenberg

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" I was lucky enough to have it all. To be successful in business, to have children, to raise them on my own, and to travel and live my life. It was a lot of work, but it's a privilege to have been able to do it. "

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

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

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" When I was a little girl, if I didn't eat my soup, my mother would say, 'You have to think of all the Chinese children who have nothing to eat.' But now, for my children, Chinese people make everything, and for my grandchildren, they buy everything. "

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" There are emerging countries. I mean, there are countries, you know, China, India, and Brazil, and all of these countries that are emerging. They are building homes. They are building - so there is a new lifestyle. "

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" I gave up on my looks a long time ago. "

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" 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. "

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" The most important thing is to be healthy, to drink a lot of water, to fight gravity as much as possible. I am one of the few people who decided I wasn't going to do any invasion with my face. "

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" Women are strong. We can do it all. But not always at the same time. "

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

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" I was 26 when I invented the wrap dress. It was just a nothing little printed dress made out an jersey, and before I know it, I lived an American Dream making more than 25,000 dresses a week. "

Diane von Furstenberg

" I've always been inspired by women, and my mission was to inspire women. I always wanted to become a certain kind of woman, and I became that woman through fashion. It was a dialogue. I would see that the wrap dress made those women confident, and made them act with confidence. "

Diane von Furstenberg

" I'm not the only one; most people's mothers are the most influential person in their life. But my mother survived the camps, and she was very strong. She made me strong, but she wanted me to be strong. That's more important. "

Diane von Furstenberg

" 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. "

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" 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. "

Diane von Furstenberg

" When I was young, I lived like an old woman, and when I got old, I had to live like a young person. "

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" I'm not tired of who I am. That would be sad! "

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" I loved the seventies. "

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" I never knew what I wanted to do, but I knew the kind of woman I wanted to be. "

Diane von Furstenberg

" What's important to me is to share, and being inspired, and inspiring. "

Diane von Furstenberg

" The way I design generally is very much travel-oriented because that is my life. That's why I make clothes that are so light and so easy to pack and a little bit seasonless. "

Diane von Furstenberg

" The iPad! What is better designed than that? I read magazines on it, I play Scrabble. I use it for everything. "

Diane von Furstenberg

" The fashion industry has a responsibility to represent a healthy image of women, but to start weighing them and putting them against a wall and making them feel like animals? No. "

Diane von Furstenberg

" The most important relationship you have in life is the one you have with yourself. And then after that, I'd say once you have that, it may be hard work, but you can actually design your life. "

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. "

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" I was terrified the first time that I had a big problem in my business. I was obviously terrified when they diagnosed me with cancer in 1994. I was terrified when my son used to drive too fast. But I do believe in the fact that fear is not an option, so I always try to face it and not be afraid. "

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" I travel in so many different ways; I travel high, I rough it... it all depends on who I travel with. "

Diane von Furstenberg

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

Diane von Furstenberg

" 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. "

Diane von Furstenberg