With Spurr, I like to think we're a modern, European-influenced brand that does luxurious, handcrafted, and wearable pieces.

To make a perfect t-shirt is hard - all you have is white cotton and fit. that's where experience comes in.

I'm not sure that being a man in the fashion industry has any advantage over being a woman. Why would it?

What's great is that there are a lot of brands - like Thom Browne, Michael Bastian, and Rag & Bone - but they're all doing their own thing. That's what's important: to remain true to your own DNA.

I'll never know - I'll never profess to know - anything anywhere near it all. It'sall a journey - life, work, and relationships. Mistakes and learning, and learning not to make your mistakes again.

Reaching and reached. Cassia

Deep vengeance is the daughter of deep silence.

The friendship we share grows amidst the craggy rock pond reeds of water spray fireflies scented with bonfires.

Take motherhood: nobody ever thought of putting it on a moral pedestal until some brash feminists pointed out, about a century ago, that the pay is lousy and the career ladder nonexistent.

Giving thanks is that: making the canyon of pain into a megaphone to proclaim the ultimate goodness of God when Satan and all the world would sneer at us to recant.

Have death always before your eyes as a salutary means of returning to God.

Don't be afraid to ask people 'why,' 'what if.' Don't be afraid to attack your career. Get in the game, don't stay on the sidelines.

Our military should be trained and structured around missions, not the elements of air, water, and land.

[When to have a facelift:] If you're tripping over your neck.

People who love each other can no more keep from communicating than from breathing. —Elana