All creative work begins by doing something with the hands. Creation is simply a problem and design is the way out.

There are not many original shapes or silhouettes -- only a million variations.

The standard formulation on remedy is that it ought to cure past violations and prevent their recurrence. That's what antitrust is all about.

A great designer does not seek acceptance. He challenges popularity, and by the force of his convictions renders popular in the end what the public hates at first sight.

Bonfire of the Vanities: The lesson of that book is, never start believing your own press.

Fashion, after all, is magic and miracle…intended to bestow proportion and beauty where both have been lost or faded with the years.

Forget all you know & learn something every day.

Cut in dressmaking is like grammar in language. A good design should be like a well made sentence and it should only express one idea at a time.

There is no man who hates the power of the crown more, or who has a worse opinion of the Person to whom it belongs than I.

All my seams have meaning - they emphasize something about the body.

I spent my life making fashion an art form.

They say philosophers and wise men are indifferent. Wrong. Indifference is a paralysis of the soul, a premature death.

In the past, only some of the males, but all of the females, were able to procreate. Equality is more natural for females.

The human brain must continue to frame the problems for the electronic machine to solve.

I love London. I love England. We were out in the countryside and I had the time of my life

Graphical excellence is that which gives to the viewer the greatest number of ideas in the shortest time with the least ink in the smallest space.

If I were single and had my career, I'd be happy. You have to be happy with what you're doing.

The power under the Constitution will always be in the people.

God is always at work, though we cannot see it, preparing people he has chosen for leadership. When the crisis comes, God fits His appointee into the place ordained for him.

Thankfully, God brought wise Christian friends alongside to help me discover life-transforming precepts in his Word.

I did a radio interview; the DJ's first question was "Who are you?" I had to think. Is this guy really deep, or did I drive to the wrong station?