I value very much the time before the show, when there is nothing else but to concentrate on the show, and it's just purely design.

I always find beauty in things that are odd and imperfect - they are much more interesting.

You can never please everyone, and I think it's best not to.

Let's do what we love and do a lot of it.

I like people who have a sense of individuality. I love expression and anything awkward and imperfect, because that’s natural and that’s real.

Life is a fashion show, the world is your runway.

Change is a great and horrible thing, and people love it or hate it at the same time. Without change, however, you just don't move.

I wouldn't know how to find eBay on the computer if my life depended on it.

There is never a wrong time for a polka dot.

One thing that is exciting about fashion is the surprise element. People don't know what they want. They just know when they see it.

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.

You can be a leader, a follower or out of business.

Everyone wants to be young and skinny. This is awful. Curves are marvelous. Wrinkles are hypnotizing. Why not just be happy with who you are?

A coach should never be afraid to ask questions of anyone he could learn from.

I grew up on Bette Davis movies, and Marlene Dietrich, Marilyn Monroe.

Ack! Parables. I hate parables.

Time passes too quickly when you're getting ready to do something you don't want to do.

Poetry is the mathematics of writing and closely kin to music.

Rights of true citizenship accrue only to those who serve the State to which they belong.

All of our days are numbered. We cannot afford to be idle. To act on a bad idea is better than to not act at all, because the worth of an idea never becomes apparent until you do it.

If one is true to one's inner self, and follows its wisdom, who is without a teacher?