Diane von furstenberg quotes

Silence, nothing is better.

The most important relationship in your life is the relationship you have with yourself. Because no matter what happens, you will always be with yourself.

We are living in such a troubled world that fashion seems completely irrelevant. Yet...it's a very, very mysterious thing. Why all of a sudden do people like yellow? Why all of a sudden do people wear combat boots?

You only regret what you don't do! Go for it, live your dreams and enjoy it all!

If there is one rule for dressing, for fashion, it’s pretty much the same rule as for everything else in life: Don’t go against yourself, don’t go against your own nature. It’s only going to show.

One of the most important things about fashion is to dress as well as you can, look as attractive as you can, and at the same time be comfortable with yourself. Be easy about your clothes; forget about them.

It's the woman you should remember, not the dress, ever.

The secret is to enjoy being you.

I get ideas about what's essential when packing my suitcase.

Don't let any of your good habits get boring.

That wonderful and terribly frightening journey of self-discovery. That process of growth, of being an independent person, of learning who you are and what you want from life, is the real secret of life, happiness and beauty.

Sleep is easier to make up than a unique evening.

My best friend is me, and I take good care of me.

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.

You are the one that possesses the keys to your being. You carry the passport to your own happiness.

Absence Is To Love, What The Wind Is To Fire, When It's a Small Fire The Wind Kills It But When It's a Real Fire It Intensifies It

It's not about going to a party. It's life as a party.

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!

Women never cease to impress and inspire me.

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.

When a woman becomes her individual most effective close friend existence is simpler.

The greatest natural enemy of women is insecurity. We all feel it and we all think we are the only ones who feel that way. How we deal with these fears determines to a great extent how effective we are in running our lives. Most women present a façade to the world and keep the insecurity locked inside. The toughest job in the world is to be a complete, happy woman.

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

In all circumstances, I always look for the light and build around it, with little memory of pain.

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.

We all have a Wonder Woman inside us.

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

The relationship that counts most in my life is the one I have with myself. I have a great, great, great relationship with myself, and it gets better and better as I get older. The other day, I was talking to Barry in the car and I said, 'I'm so glad I'm me!'

I didn't know what I wanted to do, but I always knew the woman I wanted to be.

You cannot have a healthy body without drinking a great deal of water. But remember, you can't just drink a glass of water and tell a glass of water to please go straight to your skin and moisturize your complexion. Water has to be there all the time, doing what it does naturally in a healthy body.

Style is something each of us already has, all we need to do is find it.

I always wanted to live a man's life in a woman's body

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.

The whole point about beauty is its imperfection.

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

The important thing is to believe in what you do. Have a big dream and take small steps.

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

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

Aging is out of your control. How you handle it, though, is in your hands.

It's important to leave your face without makeup for a while after waking up...Let your skin breathe a while before applying your makeup, even if it means waking up a bit earlier.

You're always with yourself, so you might as well enjoy the company.

Passion and persistence are what matter. Dreams are achievable and you can make your fantasy come true, but there are no shortcuts. Nothing happens without hard work.

I obviously don't feel under pressure to look young, because I have had no Botox or surgery. I don't judge people who choose to have it, but I don't want to erase who I am.

The girls who were unanimously considered beautiful often rested on their beauty alone. I felt I had to do things, to be intelligent and develop a personality in order to be seen as attractive. By the time I realized maybe I wasn't plain and might even possibly be pretty, I had already trained myself to be a little more interesting and informed.

The wrap dress is the most traditional form of dressing: It's like a robe, it's like a kimono, it's like a toga. It doesn't have buttons or zippers. What made it different was that it was jersey; therefore, it was close to the body and it was a print.

If you're trying to lose weight, you just have to eat less. I mean that.

Even if your skin is perfect, even if it's glowing and beautiful, electric lights defeat you. They deaden the complexion, make it look drab. They rob you of color...In the evening, you just can't play the natural kid bit, that fresh-scrubbed look.

I never try to make a major fashion statement but I want to be the friend in a woman's closet. I make dresses that women get laid in.

If you're a good person, the goodness will continue through your descendants.

The success of every single woman is the inspiration for another.

Being attractive for a few hours some evening is hardly worth being that unattractive all day (in hot rollers). Being yourself and being natural with a man is wonderful, but being downright unattractive with him is foolish.

Prepare your food attractively and serve it nicely.

It's more than just a dress; it's a spirit. The wrap dress was an interesting cultural phenomenon, and one that has lasted 30 years. What is so special about it is that it's actually a very traditional form of clothing. It's like a toga, it's like a kimono, without buttons, without a zipper. What made my wrap dresses different is that they were made out of jersey and they sculpted the body.

Now is the time to become a myth.

You can actually be intimate with the universe.

You know, there's a thing about the woman across the room. You see the woman across the room, you think, She's so poised; she's so together. But she looks at you and you are the woman across the room for her.

The secret to feeling attractive, and to being attractive, is the confidence that comes from knowing who you are and what you believe in.

I don't care about fashion, I care about women.

My goal in life is to be your best friend when you open your closet

I wanted to be a certain kind of woman. I became that kind of woman.

Taste is acquired. You may have to unlearn a taste for chocolate or ice cream.

What you eat is everything. What you eat is what you are.

Water is life is love is life is water.

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.

If you are trying to slip out without waking a sleeping man, zips are a nightmare. Haven't you ever tried to creep out of the room unnoticed the following morning? I've done that many times.

If you're a little hippy and full-bosomed, don't try to remake yourself in the image of a skinny fashion model. It won't work. You can trim down your hips. You should always concentrate on special movements to keep your breasts firm and lifted and young. Hippy and bosomy can be very nice, very desirable. Accept it.

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.

Makeup should have one function only - to make you look better, to make you more attractive...Makeup is a luxury, so it should be fun...Making up is like telling yourself a secret.

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

Don't talk about your diet. It's just boring, and the last thing you need when dieting is to be considered boring.

The important thing is to take your time and not get stressed.

You know I have never met a woman who is not strong. They don't exist.

If you like trekking, go to the Himalayas or Peru. I love those kinds of trips. But it all depends on your own life and what you like and what you expect.

What is style? It is an effortless confidence in being yourself, it is a way of putting yourself together according to your mood and what you want to project. Personal style appears to come naturally for some, but for others it can take a while to find it!

Do less but do better. Get back to yoga. Remember that stress is not progress.

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

Insecurity is a waste of time.

Be the Woman You Want to Be.

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.

Personal style is accepting who you are.

My face carries all of my memories. Why would I erase them?

Attitude is everything.

If you're short, don't wear extremely high heels. After a certain age, you shouldn't wear little girls' clothes. That's going against your nature.

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

You can learn a lot from my mistakes more than my success.

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

I travel light. I think the most important thing is to be in a good mood and enjoy life, wherever you are.

If you're not sure what to wear, if you don't know how everyone else is going to be, then just be at your most beautiful.

Clothes can hide you from yourself but a bikini sure can't.

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.

When a woman becomes her own best friend life is easier.

Feel like a woman, wear a dress!

Building a wardrobe is like building a circle of friends your whole life.... Your own beauty is to be yourself, but of course we need tools and accessories.

Some fairy tales end with the girl marrying the prince... some start there.

What I think I sell with my clothes is confidence, so hopefully all my dresses, my accessories, are friends to the women. When you open the closet, and your eyes are swollen, and you don't like the way you look, you go to your friends.

I adore dark chocolate.

Today designer Alexander McQueen passed away...His talent was immense and he will remain immortal in the history of Fashion.

I design for the woman who loves being a woman.

So as a founder, you have an authenticity and a human factor that is really special and that gives an enormous amount of energy and fuel. But as a founder, you’re also not as cold, maybe, or as pragmatic.

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

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.

Be proud of yourself. Try to eat well...and when you cheat, enjoy it!

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 really have fun making up. I have a good face for making up, good bones. I do the shapings, then the eyes. Then I put on mascara and I do something else. Then I put on mascara again and do something else. Then I put on more mascara and my whole face is completely made up.

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

For me, traveling and living are the same. How you travel is a symbol of your life.

Generosity is the best investment.

I must have books everywhere. They're the soul of a room-they reveal the taste, the interests, and the secrets of whoever lives there.

Use your brains, your common sense, and do not become an object. The way you look is important, but who you are and how you project it is eventually who you will become and how you will appear.

The secret to a great marriage is having a great husband.

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

The biggest mistake a woman can make is not to be herself in public or private.

My favorite days are the ones where I deal only with my own team, design, marketing, working on the next accessories collection.

What makes you attractive is being yourself, being natural, being unaware. Even though makeup is important, you should do it all, and then forget about it. You don't want to look like anyone else, any more than you want to be anyone else. You want to look like you. Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery - but it's flattering to someone else. Not to you.

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

The most important relationship is the one you have with yourself.

Don't be afraid of your own strength.

Usually, the fairy tale ends with the girl marrying the prince. But mine started as soon as the marriage was over.

The easier your hair is to manage the happier you'll be with it and the prettier you'll feel.

Italy will always have the best food.

It's more important to be healthy and of good spirit than it is to be thin, just as it's more important to be an attractive woman than a fashionable one.

I think living is serious. Living well, accepting yourself, using your talents to the fullest, enjoying yourself, that's all serious and important...But I think makeup and fashion should not be taken that seriously...You should have fun making up for a party. You should have fun wearing a sexy dress. When you're beautiful it should give you pleasure.

It's like learning to fall properly. If you can manage not to tighten up you won't hurt yourself as much. The same theory applies to your day, physically and emotionally. The tensions simply can't take hold.

I wanted to be an independent woman, a woman who could pay for her bills, a woman who could run her own life - and I became that woman.

The older you get, the more you should learn to love life and appreciate the beauty that comes with age.