I'm not really a girl who likes to go out to lunch or cocktails or store openings.

Success isn't about the end result; it's about what you learn along the way.

A woman is never sexier than when she is comfortable in her clothes.

When I design a wedding dress with a bustle, it has to be one the bride can dance in. I love the idea that something is practical and still looks great.

I was stigmatized by being a bridal designer for a long time. I am amazed I have been able to move beyond it. I had really all but given up trying, but I did it because it was my lifelong dream.

Don't be afraid to take time to learn. It's good to work for other people. I worked for others for 20 years. They paid me to learn.

I want people to see the dress, but focus on the woman.

Fashion offers no greater challenge than finding what works for night without looking like you are wearing a costume.

Even the most understated ceremony involves a certain respect for ritual and pageantry. No one plays more of a significant role than the bride's attendants.

When you have a passion for something then you tend not only to be better at it, but you work harder at it too.

Design is about point of view, and there should be some sort of woman or lifestyle or attitude in one's head as a designer.

Surely there is no more wretched sight that the human body unloved and uncared for.

Your life is not meant to be lived in a way to satisfy someone's expectation out of you! Live your life in your own way.

a voice called out after me, 'life takes us on many divergent paths, and yet we shall meet one more time! Not in the flesh, but in the sun, man's home

I realize that when I moved out of my father's house I shocked and frightened him because I needed a room of my own, a space of my own to reinvent myself.

Our sight is the most perfect and most delightful of all our senses.

If Microsoft ever does applications for Linux it means I've won.

I think in order to keep America great, we have to keep America creative.

God ordained for every man one and the same means of salvation.

The knight departing for new adventures offends his lady, yet she has nothing but contempt for him if he remains at her feet.

People like to pigeonhole you. It's easier.