My mom is a really good cook. We used to make dumplings together.

We all want to be a little glamorous, a little playful and a little mischievous at times.

My inspirations come from everywhere. It's important to look at everything and anything.

I hope I am the antithesis of disposable fashion.

My cats are really sassy and sophisticated, but most importantly, they are picky.

Buy things you truly love, things that are special, but not a lot of them. It’s about value, not quantity.

I worked 10 years as a toy designer before I started my career as a fashion designer. It's something I just fell into and really liked.

I am an Asian designer. I was born in Taiwan. That is who I am. But I am a designer, like any designer of any race. Growing up in the '80s in Taiwan, the arts were not considered a career.

I didn't understand anything about fashion until I moved to Canada when I was 9. That's when I learned English and was exposed to fashion magazines like Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue.

I love the idea of working with women because I always feel like a man designing womenswear needs women around him to really have a sense of what they're doing.

Being feminine in the way you dress doesn't have to compromise who you are as a woman or your career.

The world loves talent but pays off on character.

If you look at the history of other movements, whether Civil Rights or environmental rights, these are all decades-long undertakings.

I'm a cat whisperer. When I go to people's houses, their cats always like me better than the owners.

There is nothing special about your suffering.

From a very early age, I've had to interrupt my education to go to school.

I don't know if fury can compete with necessity as the mother of invention, but I recommend it.

O land and soil, red soil and sweet-gum tree, So scant of grass, so profligate of pines

Loneliness is dangerous ... because if aloneness does not lead to God, it leads to the devil. It leads to the self.

I was a runaway girl from France who married an American and moved to New York City. Im not sure I would have continued as an artist had I remained in Paris because of the family setup.

For this reason, if you believe proverbs, let me tell you the common one: "It is unlucky to marry in May.