Diane von Furstenberg Quotes

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

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

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.

Fashion can be this mysterious thing that you can't explain.

The iPad! What is better designed than that? I read magazines on it, I play Scrabble. I use it for everything.

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

I said that Mrs Obama has been extremely supportive of American designers, but clearly we were disappointed that she chose to wear a British designer for the state dinner...From there, I was so embarrassed that I am definitely going to write to her. She has been super supportive to American designers.

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

I design for the woman who loves being a woman.

Silence, nothing is better.

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.

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.

Just don't go to a place where everything is too expensive... it'll put your husband in a bad mood.

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.

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

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.

I began to be involved (with exercise). It was a little bit like sex sometimes - you know how sometimes you're kind of disinterested, kind of uninvolved, and slowly you begin to become interested?

The most important thing is to be healthy, to drink a lot of water, to fight gravity as much as possible. I am one of the few people who decided I wasn't going to do any invasion with my face.

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

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.

My clothes are great for a honeymoon: They're light and sexy, colorful and pretty, and not expensive.

I always knew the woman I wanted to be-I knew I wanted to be a woman who was independent a woman who was in the driving seat, a woman who didn't need for the man to decide.

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.

The only way for a relationship to survive, I think, is to have no sex at all. After all, you marry for friendship, for companionship - and passion after a while ... pfffft. I mean, does it excite you when your left hand touches your right?

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

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.

Now is the time to become a myth.

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.

When you come to a hotel room, you want it to be grand, functional and beautiful. But you don't want things that are not useful. Sometimes you go to hotels and there are all these frames and pictures of people you don't know, and you end up hiding everything in the drawer, and then housekeeping come and put it out again.

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

Prepare your food attractively and serve it nicely.

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.

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

New York seemed as young as I was and infinitely hospitable.

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

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.

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

There is nothing more thrilling than arriving in a new place on your own and feeling the sense of possibility and excitement that brings with it.

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.

Generosity is the best investment.