Diane von Furstenberg

There is nothing more thrilling than arriving in a new place on your own and feeling the sense of possibility and excitement…

— Diane von Furstenberg

The way I design generally is very much travel-oriented because that is my life. That's why I make clothes that are so…

— Diane von Furstenberg

No one should notice how your eyes are done or the color of your eyeshadow. They should just notice you and notice…

— Diane von Furstenberg

My mother said that we're so lucky to be women. It's not that men are weak. Men are men. We're two completely…

— Diane von Furstenberg

Women inspire me... so I enjoy women's stories and biographies. I am interested in all women.

— Diane von Furstenberg

When you get into a hotel room, you lock the door, and you know there is a secrecy, there is a luxury,…

— Diane von Furstenberg

Don't talk about your diet. It's just boring, and the last thing you need when dieting is to be considered boring.

— Diane von Furstenberg

The easier your hair is to manage the happier you'll be with it and the prettier you'll feel.

— Diane von Furstenberg

One of the most important things about fashion is to dress as well as you can, look as attractive as you can,…

— Diane von Furstenberg

The only way for a relationship to survive, I think, is to have no sex at all. After all, you marry for…

— Diane von Furstenberg

I've never met a woman who is not strong, but sometimes they don't let it out. Then there's a tragedy, and then…

— Diane von Furstenberg

The other day I went to a school in Harlem to talk to some 7th graders [12-year-olds] and I said, ‘If I…

— Diane von Furstenberg

I never like to think that I design for a particular person. I design for the woman I wanted to be, the…

— Diane von Furstenberg

You know, there's a thing about the woman across the room. You see the woman across the room, you think, She's so…

— Diane von Furstenberg

There's design, and there's art. Good design is total harmony. There's no better designer than nature - if you look at a…

— Diane von Furstenberg

You don’t seduce in the same way at my age. You seduce with brains, with talent. Yesterday for lunch I met the…

— Diane von Furstenberg

The more independent you want to be, the more generous you must be with yourself as a woman.

— Diane von Furstenberg

When you feel humiliated or things like that, you either use it as fuel to change or you get covered by it.

— Diane von Furstenberg

I can honestly say that I understand women very well. If you understand yourself, you understand women, because, in the end, all…

— Diane von Furstenberg

I never try to make a major fashion statement but I want to be the friend in a woman's closet. I make…

— Diane von Furstenberg

I was born in Belgium. I went to school in England and in Switzerland, then I came to America, so I really…

— Diane von Furstenberg

I have always been attracted to clothes designed by women. Coco Chanel, Vionnet, Norma Kamali, Donna Karan. They have a little more…

— Diane von Furstenberg

My mother never, ever told me about evilness. She only saw the beautiful things... she wanted to protect me from it.

— Diane von Furstenberg

Do I believe in reincarnation? Well, let's say that I believe in karma. I think you make your own karma.

— Diane von Furstenberg

I must have books everywhere. They're the soul of a room-they reveal the taste, the interests, and the secrets of whoever lives…

— Diane von Furstenberg

I don't like to talk about my dreams. I like to make them happen. I prefer to talk about them when they're…

— Diane von Furstenberg

The best-dressed man is an Italian who is trying to look English, or an Englishman who is trying to look Italian.

— Diane von Furstenberg

I believe that all women should have children. I think women are made to have children and to be mothers. I also…

— Diane von Furstenberg

I used to be very insecure about my curly hair, because I lived in a country where everybody had blonde straight hair.

— Diane von Furstenberg

The older I get, the more impressed I am with women. I have yet to meet a woman who is not strong.…

— Diane von Furstenberg

The real story is that I am very free, that I've managed to be who I wanted to be without compromising.

— Diane von Furstenberg

All women are the same, really: They are strong, but they are afraid of their own strength.

— Diane von Furstenberg

I am a traveler. I am a nomad. I rarely sleep in the same bed more than three or four nights. And…

— Diane von Furstenberg

It's very often true that some women look better without makeup, but that's only during the day.

— Diane von Furstenberg

A challenging economy is always good for design. It unites necessity and functionality. You are forced to be creative with poor materials.

— Diane von Furstenberg

Absence Is To Love, What The Wind Is To Fire, When It's a Small Fire The Wind Kills It But When It's…

— Diane von Furstenberg

I have always been a nomad and I have mastered the art of packing! I always say: pack lightly, live lightly.

— Diane von Furstenberg

Animals come from nature. They were not designed. All my inspiration comes from nature, whether it's an animal or the layout of…

— Diane von Furstenberg

One of my fondest memories was when I was in London as a young, independent businesswoman and stayed at Claridge's. I knew…

— Diane von Furstenberg

Eighteen months before I was born, my mother was in Auschwitz. She weighed 49 pounds. She always told me that God saved…

— Diane von Furstenberg