I could never before say that I loved color or that I understood color. But Oscar de la Renta opened up a side of my brain.

I don't listen to music when designing. We create in silence. I go through a torturous process because everything has to be precise and right.

I wanted to be involved with fashion, though I didn't know what being a designer meant.

My resolution is to make positivity, thankfulness and happiness my new mantra.

I hope the average woman feels she needs practicality but with a little bit of fantasy. Otherwise it's just not fashion.

Each season I strive to design a forward-thinking and effortless collection with a very clean minimalist aesthetic.

When a sketch comes into this three-dimensional form and everybody contributes, it's really fantastic.

I came to New York in 1986. My father didn't think it was a good idea. I didn't know how I found it, but I went to Hunter College. I had no money and I couldn't speak English.

Brazil is not what you see but what you feel. Once you spend time here - a week, two weeks - you get in the vibe. It's really intoxicating.

I don't love reading so much, but I love book shopping. It's just because I don't have much time.

Being sexy is not about what's on show, it's all about suggestion, or insinuation. I'm interested in the way a garment hangs on a woman's body and the way it moves when she moves.

You ask me to forgive you? I’m thanking you. You finally loved me in that moment, and that love set me free, released me from my sworn duty.

It had never occurred to me that simply being with a fellow prisoner would make me feel like I was still in prison.

I was a big sports fan, and I had been closely monitoring Hank Aaron's home run totals since I was a kid playing on the sandlot adjacent to the Foundry and Machine Company in Batavia, Illinois.

The road had the lonely times, but I kept myself busy.

The virtuous will be sure to speak uprightly; but those whose speech is upright may not be virtuous.

...and he kissed her and kissed her and kissed her, little by little by little.

Only thing I am testing positive for is Pasta or Cheese.

This is why I say that the individual's most potent weapon is a stubborn belief in the triumph of common decency.

Talk to the man with the reasons why.

Smoking Cigars is like falling in love. First, you are attracted by its shape; you stay for its flavor, and you must always remember never, never to let the flame go out!