All creative work begins by doing something with the hands. Creation is simply a problem and design is the way out.

The standard formulation on remedy is that it ought to cure past violations and prevent their recurrence. That's what antitrust is all about.

I recognize that virtually every company that comes in here has a perspective. It's often not difficult to understand why they have the perspective that they have.

There are not many original shapes or silhouettes -- only a million variations.

Cut in dressmaking is like grammar in language. A good design should be like a well made sentence and it should only express one idea at a time.

True humanity consists not in a squeamish ear; it consists not in starting or shrinking at tales of misery, but in a disposition of heart to relieve it. True humanity appertains rather to the mind than to the nerves, and prompts men to use real and active endeavors to execute the actions which it suggests.

Bonfire of the Vanities: The lesson of that book is, never start believing your own press.