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

Diane von Furstenberg

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" 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. "

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" 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! "

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" I had good legs, and I loved showing them off. "

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" I had arranged a birthday party for him and my children, who are all Aquarians. Instead, we got married. I ran out of excuses. It was just us and my children. "

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" 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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" My son loves the Hotel du Cap, in the south of France. "

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" 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. "

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

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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. "

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" 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. "

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

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

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" I think all races are represented in America much more than in many other places, but it's also nice to remind people about that ethnic mix. I would like to see more black models and women from different ethnic backgrounds, but I also think that when you are casting, you just choose the most beautiful girl you can find. "

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" 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. "

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" I used to be very insecure about my curly hair, because I lived in a country where everybody had blonde straight hair. "

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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. "

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" I don't like to talk about my dreams. I like to make them happen. I prefer to talk about them when they're done. "

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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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" 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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" 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. "

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" I wanted to be an empowered woman, and I became an empowered woman. And now I want to empower every woman. And I do it through my clothes, I do it through my words, I do it through my money, I do it through everything. "

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" I never modeled myself after anyone. The person who had most influence on me was my mother, but it was really for her strength and courage more than her style, even though she had a lot of style. In a weird way, looking at pictures of me when I was 17 or 18, I was dressing the same way. I haven't changed very much. "

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

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" I'm all about empowering women. And by lining them up against the wall and weighing them, surely you are making them feel more like meat than ever - even if it's little meat, if you know what I mean. "

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" The Chinese consumer is everybody. It's very simple. "

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" My mother never, ever told me about evilness. She only saw the beautiful things... she wanted to protect me from it. "

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" Attitude is everything. "

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

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" Marriage was never a destination with me. "

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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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