Great fashion is all about surprise. It should always be about doing something that isn't by the book.

When a silhouette or shape is as beautiful as it is functional and relevant, that's true luxury.

I feel lucky to love what I do. It doesn't feel like working. I do all the projects I do because I like doing them, whether it's a book or a photo shoot. For me, my work and my life are the same.

I don't want to have a singular vision. I don't have that kind of discipline. I love the randomness of my life - how I have five, six, seven projects going on at one time.

Having your own store is one of the most immediate ways to connect with the customer, to really get to know her and develop a more intimate relationship.

If clothes can help you see yourself on your best day, why shouldn't every day be that day?

One can never have too many books.

The collection under my name is an exciting opportunity to really express my own aesthetic and connect with a very different consumer.

I woke in the hour before dawn, stuck in that strange state where the memory of your dreams is still powerful enough to motivate your actions.

You cannot weave the truth from a string of lies

Character is simply habit long enough continued.

Never throw mud: you can miss the target, but your hands will remain dirty.

In my walks, I would fain return to my senses. What business have I in the woods if I am thinking of something out of the woods?

You know that the best you can expect is to avoid the worst.

Most everything I've done I've copied from somebody else.

Birth isn't something we suffer but something we actively do and exult in!

We sold more iPads in the last quarter alone than any PC manufacturer sold in their entire line.

The Sick Rose O Rose, thou art sick. The invisible worm That flies in the night In the howling storm Has found out thy bed Of crimson joy, And his dark secret love Does thy life destroy.