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

I equate peonies with love because they're the first blooms of summer.

Remember this: No one is looking at your imperfections; they're all too busy worrying about their own.

The last thing I want to become is one of those talking heads where everything is satiny smooth and you know what the next question is going to be

I'm all about exuberance. We only have one short life to live, and we shouldn't waste it being tasteful.

Most of my life I was occupied with American television and American food. My ethnicity was my choice. It still is

There's no reason for unhappiness if you're living with nice design.

All I want are high heels, high heels. If I was a girl, I'd wear a lot of high heels. High, stiletto heels.

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

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

You know what makes me teary? Goya. Goya makes me cry.

God sometimes uses ugly vessels to carry beautiful things.

General ideas are no proof of the strength, but rather of the insufficiency of the human intellect.

The only objective truth that photographs offer is the assertion that somebody or something... was somewhere and took a picture.

One good thing about my computer: it never asks why.

If you're not failing, you're probably not really moving forward.

Before buying anything, it is well to ask if one could do without it.

The places I've travelled and cultures I've experienced have been reflected in my home decor choices.

I have read where Abraham Lincoln said he wasn't interested in freeing the slaves.

One does not, by knowing all the physical laws as we know them today, immediately obtain an understanding of anything much. I love only nature, and I hate mathematicians.