Without any kind of real ego on my part, I just thought, I'm going to approach the people I admire and see if they want to do something together.

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.

Better health is more important than beauty and with better health comes beauty.

Sometimes, even pretty simple situations can become tough, when the thing you love the most and the thing you have to sacrifice is the same.

They get up early, because they have so much to do, and go to bed early, because they have so little to think about.

kissing someone out of pity is always a mistake.

From this day forward, speak to yourself in a way that you would someone you care about.

Love's an excuse to get hurt and to hurt. Do you like to hurt? I do, I do then hurt me.

I wasn't a normal professor. I had worked in government. I hadn't written nine zillion books. I was a hands-on professor.

I believe in racial memory too. I'm sure I've got ancient African blood in me that has something to do with what I am.

I go to Paris, I go to London, I go to Rome, and I always say, 'There's no place like New York. It's the most exciting city in the world now. That's the way it is. That's it.'

He has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.