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" The real story is that I am very free, that I've managed to be who I wanted to be without compromising. "

Diane von Furstenberg

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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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" 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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" 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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" 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. "

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" The older I get, the more impressed I am with women. I have yet to meet a woman who is not strong. They don't exist. "

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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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" Attitude is everything. "

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" Insecurity is a waste of time. "

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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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" When you get into a hotel room, you lock the door, and you know there is a secrecy, there is a luxury, there is fantasy. There is comfort. There is reassurance. "

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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

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

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