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" I've been working seriously in giving fashion a place that it deserves. "

Diane von Furstenberg

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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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" My biggest vice is playing solitaire on my iPad. It's bad. I mean, it's ridiculous. "

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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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" Marriage was never a destination with me. "

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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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" Insecurity is a waste of time. "

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

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" I was lucky because I got so successful so early, and when you get successful early, then you can afford to be a little bit humble. "

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" Simplicity and sexiness, that's what people want. At a price that's not outrageous. "

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" I never like to think that I design for a particular person. I design for the woman I wanted to be, the woman I used to be, and - to some degree - the woman I'm still a little piece of. "

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

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

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" My mother said that we're so lucky to be women. It's not that men are weak. Men are men. We're two completely different animals. "

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

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

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" I was a very young girl and I got into fashion very much by accident, wanting to be independent. What was wonderful was that while I was learning and discovering - learning about the work, discovering myself as a woman - I was allowing other women to feel the same way. "

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" You need, in your closet, clothes that will - that you can use in many different ways. Clothes that make you fell comfortable, clothes that make you feel 'you.' "

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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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" 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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" We need to encourage designers and agencies to be responsible. We need to make sure everyone is sensitive to the issues. But to calculate the girls' body mass - I personally think it is demeaning. "

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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 gave up on my looks a long time ago. "

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" 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. "

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

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" 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. "

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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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" 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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