There is one common philosophy, one thing that you can do no matter who you are or what you look like: You can actually get passionate instead of remaining cool or instead of trying to look like everybody else. You can - you must - immerse yourself passionately in who you are if you want to have style.

Half the time I don't even think about it, I just throw something on because I'm so late or so busy.

When someone says you can't do what you know you can do, then you can't do anything

Style makes you feel great because it takes your mind off the fact that you're going to die.

Even though I grew up as a Sephardic Jew in Brooklyn where we ate Syrian food and went to temple, it was still America.

This is what I like about being a designer: You can't really get it until you see it.

A mutt is couture-it's the only one like it in the world, made especially for you.