Betsey Johnson Quotes

I was always dancing and acrobatics was my specialty.

If a girl comes to me first for a prom or a bar mitzvah and she likes the way she looks and her boyfriend likes the way she looks, she'll come back.

You have to hold onto your fantasy.

Real success is being totally indulgent about your own trip. You put your blinders on about the garbage and go full speed ahead.

Keep your sunny side up, keep yourself beautiful, and indulge yourself!

Always have fun with fashion. Dress to entertain yourself.

Hard times always lead to something great.

In the 60′s there was a look. In the 70′s there was a look, and in the 80′s. Now, it's a free-for-all.

I never wanted to join fashion industry or being another Donna or another Dianne. I made clothes that I wanted to wear. I would cut, I would sew and I would wear, and it made me to feel better.

My customer isn't wrapped up in labels and money.

Love is a disease of the heartin the end, there is no treatment curable and it might just kill you.

A good use for me is to let me go away with my sewing machine and come back with some really new stuff.

I used to design for my body, which was flat-chested with big hips. That's why my clothes were tight on top with full skirts.

I'm not the type of person who dwells too much on bad things.

Girls don't dress for boys.

[In the 1960s]...you could take LSD but you couldn't wear a pantsuit.

There is an excitement about having nightmares.

I never keep anything beautiful in the closet.

I was a cheerleader for nine years.

I don't like to have time on my wall; it's too-in-your-face.

I couldn't live if I wasn't a designer.

If it hadn't been for the rise of the working woman's wardrobe, I never would have found the time to sneak a kid in.

It's just been so heartwarming to see my clothes on people in wheelchairs and people needing physical support.

At any appearance, I make sure that before the person takes a pic and runs away, that I make contact. All I can do is give that little bit of me, the kickback is miraculous.