A woman's hat is close to her heart, though she wears it on her head. It is her way of saying to the world: See this is what I am like-or this is what I would like to be.

Glamour is what makes a man ask for your telephone number. But it also is what makes a woman ask for the name of your dressmaker.

[On the start of her career as a milliner:] When I was six I made my mother a little hat -- out of her new blouse.

Act the way you'd like to be and soon you'll be the way you'd like to act.

I'm sorry I left without telling you, " she says. "I wasn't ready. I wanted it so much, and I wasn't ready for that.

Tears are nature's lotion for the eyes. The eyes see better for being washed by them.

A photograph has no value unless it looks exactly like a photograph and nothing else.

I definitely know that love is the most powerful thing of all.

I love a good Dorothy L. Sayers.

What's worked for me is not quitting and being passionate about what I do and not giving up - and when I don't believe in myself, turning to others who believe in me.

False preachers are worse than deflowerers of virgins.

An opening and a receptiveness to design and pattern for its own sake seems to free the painting hand.