Ready-to-wear is what I've wanted to do since the beginning. ... I'm not a girl who spends my life in a ballgown

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.

you can't say civilization dont advance, in every war they kill you in a new way

Names are the way we humans build relationship, not only with each other but with the living world.

I think growing up is difficult and it's a process that I'm always interested in, with kids and adults, they are often on two different universes.

Evil draws men together.

A male chauvinist pig isn't born, he's made, and more and more of them are being made by women.

New York is like the weirdest city in the United States, in a great way, and Los Angeles is probably more similar to most of America.

I love playing guitar. It's the only thing I've ever really been great at.

The Christian faith begins not with a big DO but with a big DONE.

Don't pray for the rain to stop; pray for good luck fishing when the river floods.

No nation ever had two better friends that we have. You know who they are? The Atlantic and Pacific oceans.